pre
/ˈpɹi/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.95 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Before (something significant).
name
The station code of Prince Edward in Hong Kong.
Example Sentences
- "In the posting, Matthews said he wished that, “more blacks [sic] people would look into ancient beliefs of pre Christian Africa.”"
- "This one's for a short and sweet pres before heading to the club. If you're aiming to get absolutely SMASHED in a short amount of time, this is the game for you!"
- "The formal is about 95 per cent hype and hysteria, and about 5 per cent actual formal, and the pre-formal gathering of parents and kids is about as hypey and hysterical as it gets... After the pres, the night mirrors the increasing pain of high heels as they go from shiny and exciting to plain uncomfortable."
- "“If a pre looked in now —” “Or Quelch—!” grinned the Bounder. “They'd have him!” said Bob Cherry. “Better wake him up.”"
- "This view alone is reason enough to book up this place for a girl's weekend. Imagine preing outside the city lights, playing the Lemonade visual album full blast on Apple TV."
- "It's your average Saturday night and you're preing with your mates so you won't have to waste tonnes of money in some average bar. No one can come up with a good drinking game, so you just resort to the classics: Beer Pong and Ring of Fire."
Etymology
From Latin prae (“in front of”); see pre-.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: prae
Usage
- Countable
- Slang
- Uncountable
- British usage
- Dated