pre-

Word family

1 BEFOREbefore someone or something 在…之前 → ante-

pre-war (=before a war)

战前的

2 in preparation 预先

a prearranged signal

预先约定的信号

Preset the video.

要预先设置好录像机。

Examples from the Corpus

pre-• a prenatal test• a prewar movie• prerecorded music• As usual, the government seems to have forgotten most of its pre-election promises.• pre-Franco Spain• pre-holiday shopping• You have to pre-register by January 24.• Life in pre-war Britain was simpler and less fast-paced.

From Longman Business Dictionary

pre-pre- /priː/ prefix

coming before something

Pre-tax profits (=profits before tax has been taken off) were up 7.5%.

the difference between the pre- and post-crash results

Origin pre-

Old French Latin prae-, from prae “in front of, before”

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