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pref.

a. Earlier; before; prior to: prehistoric.

b. Preparatory; preliminary: premedical.

c. In advance: prepay.

2. Anterior; in front of: preaxial.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin prae-, from prae, before, in front; see per¹ in Indo-European roots.]

pre-

prefix

before in time, rank, order, position, etc. predate pre-eminent premeditation prefrontal preschool

[from Latin prae-, from prae before, beforehand, in front]

Translations

pre- [ˈpriː-]

prefix → pré-
pre-1970 adj → d'avant 1970; adv → avant 1970

pre-

pref → vor-; (esp with words derived from Latin or Greek) → prä-; preschool → vorschulisch; prefascist → präfaschistisch; at pre-1980 prices → zu Preisen von vor 1980

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