Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preretirement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-re-tire-ment
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.

Example Sentences

"The crux of the economists’ arguments was that financial services companies were overestimating the percentage of preretirement income needed to live well when no longer working."

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 retirement English preretirement From pre- + retirement.

Frequently Paired Words

preretiree postretiree

Antonyms

postretirement

Questions

What does preretirement mean?: Occurring or existing before retirement, or in preparation for retirement.
Where does preretirement 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 retirement English preretirement From pre- + retirement.

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