Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predebate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-de-bate
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Prior to a debate.

Example Sentences

"Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann and Tom Brokaw will provide predebate coverage at 6."

Etymology

From pre- + debate.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre-

Inflected Forms

pre-debate (alternative)

Antonyms

postdebate

Questions

What does predebate mean?: Prior to a debate.
Where does predebate come from?: From pre- + debate.

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