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That which precedes something or someone (e.g. prior events, origin, ancestry).
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An archetype or prototype; something serving as a model for what comes later.
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A summary or outline; words that summarize.
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Obsolete spelling of beginning [(uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states.]
adj
(dated) Planned; designated.
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(law, finance) predicted; forecast
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The act or process of choosing ahead of time; preselection.
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coming before; preceding
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Something preceding or producing a particular outcome; events that have yet to occur, or are in the process of occurring.
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A meaning determined or assumed in advance.
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A message given in advance; a prologue
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A preceding note or message; a preface.
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Previous ordination or appointment; predetermination; predestination.
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(transitive) To reckon beforehand or in advance; prefigure
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(philately) A postage stamp used in the time before a region or area issues stamps of its own.
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A song sung as an opener to an event or story; prelude
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A statement made beforehand or in advance
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an initial, previous, or early step; a prior stage or phase in a process or development cycle
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An account or telling given as an introduction to a larger body of work; prologue; a prior or previous recollection or account of events
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A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype
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An inauguration; a formal beginning.
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(economics) A phenomenon that is predictive of the overall level of economic activity, especially one for which reliable statistics are available; a leading economic indicator.
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(regular expressions) The analysis of the subsequent characters before the regular expression is matched.
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A form of billet reading in which the supposedly clairvoyant performer is covertly given information about one of the concealed messages beforehand, and then remains one step ahead while "predicting" the rest of the messages.
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Existing or designed according to a plan.
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Obsolete form of preamble. [A short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute.]
adj
(of an office) Having an associated prebend.
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A system of political patronage employment.
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(obsolete) A prebendaryship.
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State of being a precandidate.
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A preliminary summary of forthcoming events, especially at the start of a television programme, or before a commercial break.
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Of, pertaining to, or serving as a precaution
adj
Acting as or being a precursor.
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(medicine) A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.
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(chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor. [One who precedes; one who has preceded another in any state, position, office, etc.; one whom another follows or comes after, in any office or position.]
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Being or pertaining to a predecessor.
adj
(obsolete) predestinarian
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(theology, transitive) To foreordain by divine will.
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Alternative form of predictor [Something that anticipates, predicts, or foretells.]
n
A simplified dictionary intended for use by children.
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Obsolete form of preexistence. [The condition of having existed prior to the current time.]
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Previous intimation; a suggestion beforehand.
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A tasting beforehand, or by anticipation; a foretaste.
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(law) To impose a preliminary injunction upon; to restrain by court order from engaging in a certain activity after a hearing and before a final resolution of a dispute.
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(figuratively) A forerunner to anything.
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(now rare) prelude, portent
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(obsolete) First fruits.
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Of or relating to premonition.
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Of or relating to premonition.
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The act of prenominating.
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(obsolete) The act of announcing or proclaiming beforehand.
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The act of preordaining something.
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Alternative form of prepollence [(archaic) The quality or state of being prepollent; superiority of power; predominance; prevalence.]
adj
Before a prophet or a prophecy.
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One who reads in advance.
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One who reigns before another; a sovereign predecessor.
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(politics) The process by which a candidate for public office is selected, usually by a political party
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Relating to preselection
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Abbreviation of preterite. [(grammar) A grammatical tense or verb form serving to denote events that took place or were completed in the past.]
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A going before; anticipation in sequence or order.
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(obsolete) The act of anticipating another's wishes, desires, etc., by way of favour or courtesy; obligingness.
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An experience of something in advance.
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(uncommon) The quality of being previsible; able to be previewed.
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(US, university slang) A president, especially of a university.
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Rare spelling of preemption. [The purchase of something before it is offered for sale to others.]
adj
Uncommon spelling of preexistent. [Existing previously.]
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To prepare; to make ready; to instruct beforehand; to coach.
adj
Acting in advance to deal with an expected change or difficulty
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(medicine) Alternative form of prodrome [(rare) A precursor or harbinger; also a warning event.]
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(obsolete) Prodromous.
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Obsolete form of proemium. [A preface or introduction; a proem.]
adj
Obsolete form of precedent. [Happening or taking place earlier in time; previous or preceding.]
v
Obsolete form of prefix. [(transitive) To determine beforehand; to set in advance.]
adj
Obsolete form of premunitory. [Of or relating to a premunire.]
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The anticipation of the end of a physical task that allows more efficient expenditure of energy.
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To represent by a type, model, or symbol beforehand; to prefigure.
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A fictional prophecy that has been written after the supposedly predicted event but is presented as a genuine prediction before the event; a postdiction.
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A prior version or manifestation of a text.
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