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preregulation en · ADJ

Etymology

From pre- + regulation.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Before the introduction of a regulation.
    • There were those who said the city was seeking to prevent demonstrations against the Iraq war and those of a more nostalgic bent who simply remembered a time preregulation when the Great Lawn played host to Simon and Garfunkel concerts and large-scale papal Masses. 2008 January 9, Alan Feuer, “Antiwar Groups Claim Victory in Settlement Over Great Lawn”, in New York Times: