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pre-

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  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 ).

P.R.E.

2

abbreviation for

  1. Petroleum Refining Engineer.

pre-

prefix

  1. before in time, rank, order, position, etc

    pre-eminent

    prefrontal

    premeditation

    preschool

    predate

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pre-1

< Latin prae-, prefixal use of prae (preposition and adv.); akin to first, fore-, prior 1, pro 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pre-1

from Latin prae-, from prae before, beforehand, in front

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Example Sentences

Once more a village arose on Grand Pré, and cider-presses creaked on the hills of Gaspereau.

All the faces are turned toward shore, with laughter and with streaming eyes, and hands outstretched to the fields of Grand Pré.

Here was the Grand-Pré made desolate and lost to its people.

Having injured his boat, he was belated in his return to Grand Pré.

They told me he died and was buried when the ships sailed away from Grand Pré.

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