Dictionary

pre- en · X

Pronunciation

• /pɹɛ/ (US)
• (US) audio
• /pɹɪ/ (US)
• /pɹɛ/ (UK)
• /pɹiː/ (UK)
• /pɹi/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

Meanings

1. (morpheme) Before; physically in front of.
2. (morpheme) Before; physically in front of. ▸ Synonym of anterior.
3. (morpheme) Before; earlier in time; beforehand.

Forms

Antonyms

post- (antonym(s) of “beforehand”) · post- (antonym(s) of “anterior”) · after- (antonym(s) of “beforehand”)

Deriveds

premonition · pre-war · predate · preheat · presage · pre-existing · preposition · preview · precognition · prefix · previous · pré- · pre-operative · pre-op · prequel · precocious

Relateds

pre · fore

Synonyms

fore- (beforehand) · anterior · ante- (beforehand) · fore- · ante-

Translations (39)

ml മുൻ- (before) · io pre- (before) · eo antaŭ- (before) · pl przed (before) · nn pre- (before) · id pra- (before) · de prä- (before) · de vor- (before) · he טְרוֹם (before) · fi etu- (before) · cmn 前- (before) · gl pre- (before) · nb pre- (before) · el προ- (before) · tt алдан- (before) · ru пре- (before) · fa پیش- (before) · pt pré- (before) · ms pra- (before) · fr d'avant (before) · sv för- (before) · ru пред- (before) · pt pre- (before) · fi esi- (before) · fr pré- (before) · fr avant (before) · cmn -前 (before) · hi पूर्व (before) · tl dipa- (before) · ca pre- (before) · cmn 預- /预- (before) · ru до- (before) · gd ro- (before) · es pre- (before) · hy նախա- (before) · he קְדַם (before) · cs před- (before) · sv pre- (before) · it pre- (before)