n
What precedes or produces a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.
adj
Alternative spelling of ex ante [(law, finance) predicted; forecast]
adj
Foreordained, predetermined, established in advance by fate.
v
Alternative form of feedforward [(nonstandard) To respond in advance]
n
An anticipatory response to expected changes in the environment of a system
v
Alternative form of foreanswer [To answer beforehand or in advance]
adj
Alternative form of foretrained [Trained beforehand or in advance]
adj
Tried or tested beforehand; proven.
adj
Made customary beforehand.
v
To answer beforehand or in advance
n
Previous appointment; preordination.
adj
Begotten beforehand; conceived previously; foreconceived.
adj
Conveiving in advance; preconceiving.
adj
Considered beforehand or in advance.
n
determination in advance; predetermination
adj
Determined in advance.
adj
Fixed in advance; predetermined.
adj
(informal) inevitable; settled
adj
(obsolete) Intended beforehand; premeditated.
adj
Prepared ahead of time or beforehand
adj
(rare) Published beforehand or in advance.
adj
Purchased beforehand or in advance; forebought
adj
Spoken beforehand or in advance; foretold; predicted.
adj
Received or adopted beforehand.
adj
Thought of, or planned, beforehand.
adj
Trained beforehand or in advance
adj
Avowed or affirmed in advance.
adj
Wrought or worked beforehand or in advance.
v
(transitive) To estimate or suppose something which took place in past; to conjecture something that occurred beforehand.
v
Alternative form of predate [To designate a date earlier than the actual one; to move a date, appointment, event, or period of time to an earlier point (contrast "postdate".)]
v
(intransitive) To speak or write a preamble; to provide a preliminary statement or set of remarks.
n
An apology in advance; an apology before the fact.
adj
(of an opinion or notion) Conceived beforehand: formed ahead of time.
adj
Agreed upon in advance.
n
(psychology) A person who has not yet contemplated the negative repercussions of their behaviour (such as drug abuse) and is thus resistant to change.
n
The death of one person or thing before another.
adj
Having decided or been decided in advance.
adj
Having been defined or established previously.
v
To deliberate in advance.
adj
Determining beforehand; predestinating.
adj
Determined beforehand.
adj
Having been discussed in advance.
adj
Disposing beforehand; predisposing.
adj
Already in existence before something else.
v
(transitive) To give a preface to.
adj
(obsolete) Trusting beforehand; overconfident.
v
(obsolete) To limit beforehand.
adj
Of mail, an envelope, etc.: franked in advance.
adj
(rare) Made indisposed beforehand.
adj
Already known; known in advance.
n
A lease arranged in advance.
v
(of an animal) To mate prior to some other operation
adj
Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate.
v
To set forth beforehand, or as introductory to the main subject; to offer previously, as something to explain or aid in understanding what follows.
adj
determined in advance; predestined
n
Antecedent decree or determination; a rule previously established.
adv
By way of preparation.
adj
To be paid, or paid for, in advance.
n
One who plans something in advance.
adj
Having been stamped in advance.
n
(humorous) The act of taking, or an action taken against someone or something, ostensibly in retaliation for another act that has not yet been committed; pre-emptive action characterized as revenge.
adj
Dated spelling of preelection.
v
Dated spelling of preempt.
v
(transitive) To prepare a mechanism for its main work.
adj
(figuratively) Pre-arranged and fixed so that the winner or outcome is decided in advance.
adj
Planned; something written or prepared before it is read or performed.
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