Pre- (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

  1. a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin, where it meant “before” (preclude; prevent); applied freely as a prefix, with the meanings “prior to,” “in advance of,” “early,” “beforehand,” “before,” “in front of,” and with other figurative meanings (preschool; prewar; prepay; preoral; prefrontal).
abbreviation
  1. Petroleum Refining Engineer.
prefix
  1. before in time, rank, order, position, etc
Pre- (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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