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pre-teach

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.49 in modern English

Syllables
pre-teach
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To teach something (an idea, a word) before using it in a real situation.

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 teach English pre-teach From pre- + teach.

Inflected Forms

pre-teaches (present, singular) pre-teaching (participle, present) pre-taught (participle, past) pre-taught (past)

Questions

What does pre-teach mean?
To teach something (an idea, a word) before using it in a real situation.
Where does pre-teach 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 teach English pre-teach From pre- + teach.

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