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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English fabricated English prefabricated From pre- + fabricated.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) manufactured in advance, usually to a standard format, and then assembled on site
A prefabricated home
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(not-comparable) invented or constructed in advance
Some computer fonts include a prefabricated ellipsis.
They both told the police a prefabricated version of events.
Deriveds
non-prefabricated · nonprefabricated
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Synonyms
Translations (11)
nb prefabrikkert (manufactured in advance) · nn prefabrikkert (manufactured in advance) · fi valmis (manufactured in advance) · fi keksitty (invented in advance) · fr préfabriqué (manufactured in advance) · ca prefabricat (invented in advance) · es prefabricado (manufactured in advance) · it prefabbricato (manufactured in advance) · ca prefabricat (manufactured in advance) · da præfabrikeret (manufactured in advance) · de vorgefertigt (manufactured in advance)