adj
(grammar) Indicating the spatial relation of preceding or being before something.
n
(grammar) The pronoun "it" used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or, less commonly, object.
adv
Alternative form of a posteriori [(logic) In a manner that deduces theories from facts.]
adj
(grammar) Indicating cessation.
n
A recapitulation, in the peroration, of the heads of an argument.
n
A moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale.
n
(computing) the actual use of an entity before any declaration.
adj
(grammar) Aspectually inflected to show that the action is beginning.
adj
Of or relating to a beginning, creation, or inception; early; first
adj
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that a state is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
adj
(grammar) Aspectually indicating that an action is about to be entered or is in the process of being entered.
adj
inceptive, initial, inaugural or introductory
adj
Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.
n
A system or program that uses multiple prediction strategies
n
(medicine) Past medical history.
n
(regular expressions) The analysis of the subsequent characters presence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?=).
n
(regular expressions) The analysis of the preceding characters presence before the regular expression is matched (symbol: ?<=).
n
Alternative spelling of postscript [(countable) An addendum to a letter, added after the author's signature.]
adj
(of a series of letters) That are placed after a name.
adj
Relating to a postcondition.
n
a piece of text, containing information normally included in a preface, placed at the back of a publication
n
(grammar) A modifier placed after the head of the phrase.
n
(Korean linguistics) a particle which follows a noun.
v
(computing, transitive) To append at the end of a text string.
v
(grammar, transitive) To place (a word or phrase) after another in a sentence, especially in order to modify it
adv
(grammar) In a postpositive manner; placed after the word or phrase being modified.
n
(narratology) A work of fiction which is set after the events of an earlier installment in a series but is not an immediate sequel.
n
(rare) A thing that has been written afterwards; something appended in writing.
adj
Alternative spelling of preexponential [(mathematics) Describing any factor that multiplies an exponential function]
adj
(phonetics) Immediately preceding a fortis consonant.
adj
Of or pertaining to preabsorption
n
(US, uncountable) A class in school taken before algebra to help students prepare for algebra.
adj
(mathematics) Prior to becoming asymptotic
adj
Relating to a precept.
adj
Before the development of cinema.
adj
Relating to a precondition.
adj
(mathematics) Synonym of precover
adv
In a predepositional manner; before deposition.
adj
(logic, of a proposition) Having its quantity indicated by a verbal sign, as with "all", "none", etc.
adj
Of or relating to predetermination.
n
(archaic, rare) Chiefly in Semitic languages: Synonym of preformative (“a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word”)
adj
(philosophy, ontology) Existing in the world, as opposed to arising from human apprehension.
adj
Having a (specified) premise
n
(grammar) modification by a premodifier
n
(set theory) A generalization of a mouse that is not necessarily iterable.
adj
Alternative spelling of pre-occluded [Marked by or featuring the phonological process of preocclusion.]
adj
Alternative form of preorganized [organized in advance]
v
(computing, linguistics, transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.
adj
(grammar) Placed before another term in a phrase.
n
Alternative form of preposituses.
adj
(grammar) Before a pronoun.
n
A prerequisite requirement
n
In education, a course or topic that must be completed before another course or topic can be started. May be colloquially referred to as a prereq.
adj
Related to preselection
adj
Alternative spelling of pre-stopped [Pre-occluded; marked by the phonological process of preocclusion.]
adj
Of or pertaining to a presupposition.
adv
Before taking any theoretical considerations into account.
adj
(child development) At an early stage of development in which one is not yet able to communicate by means of words.
adv
(linguistics) Before a verb.
adj
(rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised.
n
(medicine) A prodrome; an early symptom.
adj
Alternative spelling of pro forma [Occurring, undertaken, or performed as a perfunctory matter, in the interest of form, or for the sake of formality.]
adj
(rhetoric) Anticipating and answering objections before they have been raised; procataleptic.
adj
Of or pertaining to pro-sentences.
n
Domestic manufacturing or commercial activity seen as being a precursor to industrialization; cottage industry.
adj
constructed as a prototype
adj
Before the usual introductory level of a topic.
adv
Introducing a noun or other phrase.
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