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pre-decrement

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.00 in modern English

Syllables
pre-decre-ment
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A decrement operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.

verb

To perform such an operation upon.

Transitive verb

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 decrement English pre-decrement From pre- + decrement.

Usage

Inflected Forms

pre-decrements (plural) pre-decrements (present, singular) pre-decrementing (participle, present) pre-decremented (participle, past) pre-decremented (past)

Questions

What does pre-decrement mean?
A decrement operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.
Where does pre-decrement 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 decrement English pre-decrement From pre- + decrement.

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