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Translingual

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Etymology

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Abbreviation ofEnglishPrincipense orPortugueseprincipense.

Symbol

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pre

  1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language code forPrincipense.

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromLatinprae(in front of); seepre-.

Preposition

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pre

  1. Before (something significant).
    • 2019 April 12, Paul P. Murphy and Samira Said, “Louisiana arson suspect expressed disgust with Baptist churches on Facebook”, inCNN[1]:
      In the posting, Matthews said he wished that, “more blacks [sic] people would look into ancient beliefs ofpre Christian Africa.”
    • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:pre.
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Etymology 2

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Clippings.

Noun

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pre (countable anduncountable,pluralpres)

  1. (slang, in theplural)Clipping ofpredrinks.
    • 2022 February 28, Malou Baumann, “A round-up of all the best drinking games”, inThe Tab[2], archived fromthe original on6 July 2022:
      This one's for a short and sweetpres before heading to the club. If you're aiming to get absolutely SMASHED in a short amount of time, this is the game for you!
  2. (slang)Clipping ofprecum.
  3. (slang)Clipping ofpreparty.
    • 2007 September 21, Nina Ubaldi, “Lose the hype and formals can be fun”, inThe Sydney Morning Herald[3]:
      The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets... After thepres, the night mirrors the increasing pain of high heels as they go from shiny and exciting to plain uncomfortable.
  4. (UK, dated, slang)Clipping ofprefect.
    • 1950, Charles Hamilton,Billy Bunter's Postal Order:
      “If apre looked in now —”
      “Or Quelch—!” grinned the Bounder.
      “They'd have him!” said Bob Cherry. “Better wake him up.”

Verb

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pre (third-person singular simple presentpres,present participlepreing,simple past and past participlepredorpreed)

  1. (slang)Clipping ofpre-drink.
    • 2017 May 26, Paige McPhee, “13 Toronto Staycations For The Ultimate Girls Weekend”, inNarcity[4], archived fromthe original on23 October 2021:
      This view alone is reason enough to book up this place for a girl's weekend. Imaginepreing outside the city lights, playing theLemonade visual album full blast on Apple TV.
    • 2022 February 28, Malou Baumann, “A round-up of all the best drinking games”, inThe Tab[5], archived fromthe original on6 July 2022:
      It's your average Saturday night and you'repreing with your mates so you won't have to waste tonnes of money in some average bar. No one can come up with a good drinking game, so you just resort to the classics: Beer Pong and Ring of Fire.
    • 2022 November 10, Myfanwy Fleming-Jones, “Manchester Student Fight Night – All you need to know!”, inThe Mancunion[6], archived fromthe original on26 November 2022:
      Fight Night, one of the most notorious student nights of the year, returns this month. Getting dressed up with your friends,preing way too hard, and finally Ubering to the AO Arena where the hip flask you smuggled in definitely comes in handy.
  2. (slang)Clipping ofprecum.

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed throughVulgar Latin fromLatinpraeda.

Noun

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pre f

  1. prey
  2. quarry

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Lawi

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Noun

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pre

  1. hail

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Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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Adverb

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prȅ (Cyrillic spellingпре̏)

  1. before,earlier

Preposition

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prȅ (Cyrillic spellingпре̏) [withgenitive]

  1. before
  2. ago

Slovak

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Etymology

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Inherited fromProto-Slavic*per, fromProto-Indo-European*per-.

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Preposition

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pre[withaccusative]

  1. for,for the sake of
    Synonyms:kvôli,za
    • 1943,Dobroslav Chrobák,Drak sa vracia.Chapter 2:
      Rozpárali aj ostatné vrecia a každý sa snažil uchytiťpre seba čo najviac.
      They ripped the other sacks open as well and everyone tried to take as much as possiblefor himself.
  2. for,because of,due to
    Synonyms:skrz,skrze,následkom,vďaka,vinou
    • 1902,Janko Jesenský,Papuča In:Novely:
      Vravel pomaly a smial sa ako tuční ľudia, ktorípre nízky krk nemôžu jasne hovoriť, ani smiať sa hlasne.
      He said slowly and he was laughing as fat people do, who cannot speak clearly nor laugh loudlybecause of their low neck.

Further reading

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  • pre”, inSlovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak),https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk,2003–2025

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpɾe/[ˈpɾe]
  • Rhymes:-e
  • Syllabification:pre

Noun

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pre m (pluralpres)

  1. (obsolete)loan

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Clipping ofpare, which is aclipping ofkumpare, which is fromSpanishcompadre.

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Noun

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pre (Baybayin spellingᜉ᜔ᜇᜒ)(slang)

  1. buddy;bro

Umbrian

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Preposition

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pre(lateIguvine)

  1. See𐌐𐌓𐌄(pre).

Romanization

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pre

  1. romanization of𐌐𐌓𐌄
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