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pre-increment

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.96 in modern English

Syllables
pre-in-cre-ment
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An increment operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.

verb

To perform such an operation upon.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English increment English pre-increment From pre- + increment.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pre-increments (plural) pre-increments (present, singular) pre-incrementing (participle, present) pre-incremented (participle, past) pre-incremented (past)

Questions

What does pre-increment mean?
An increment operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.
Where does pre-increment come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English increment English pre-increment From pre- + increment.

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