Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pretheater

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: prethe-ater
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Before attending the theater (especially of drinks or a meal).

American usage

adj

Preceding the formation of theater.

American usage

Example Sentences

"We picked up our tickets and stopped next door to have a pretheater drink."
"Metrazur, in Grand Central Terminal, throws in a free miniature "suitcase" with its pretheater meal, filled with cookies to munch on during intermission and a $3 MetroCard for the commute to Broadway."
"If time just doesn't allow for a pretheater restaurant dinner, some places -- Broadway Sal's is one -- can arrange to deliver dinner right to your theater seat."
"It's not necessary to be an expert on British royals before you see one of Shakespeare's history plays, but a little pretheater preparation never hurts."
"Even though a la carte prices aren't outrageous, we recommend the three-course pretheater menu."
"During the early, pretheater period (ca. 700-1350), both religious and secular performing arts prospered."

Etymology

From pre- + theater.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: pre

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

pretheatre (alternative, Commonwealth)

Questions

What does pretheater mean?: Before attending the theater (especially of drinks or a meal).
Where does pretheater come from?: From pre- + theater.

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