Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predepartmental

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-de-part-men-tal
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before the introduction of a department.

Example Sentences

"Fortunately, during the predepartmental period, a number of the new arrivals had previously been introduced to sociological theories or methods, […]"

Etymology

From pre- + departmental.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Questions

What does predepartmental mean?: Before the introduction of a department.
Where does predepartmental come from?: From pre- + departmental.

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