Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

predeparture

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-de-par-ture
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring before or in preparation for one's departure.

noun

The time or preparations leading up to one's departure.

Example Sentences

"The Philippines requires each outbound migrant to attend a predeparture seminar."
"Once conditioned, the odor can be used during graduated departures and predepartures as an OSS."
"[…] the inherent difficulties of migratory processes, including traumatizing predepartures and journeys, the challenges of transculturation and family reorganization, and the coming to terms with new living conditions […]"

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 departure English predeparture From pre- + departure.

Inflected Forms

predepartures (plural)

Questions

What does predeparture mean?: Occurring before or in preparation for one's departure.
Where does predeparture 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 departure English predeparture From pre- + departure.

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