predive

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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adj

Before a dive.

adv

Before a dive

"“Vessel prep” had been completed at dawn, so after a pre-dive briefing, I climbed a ladder to the top hatch of the sub, took off my boots and clambered into the tube"
"Each of the divers was tested seven times--twice predive in the chamber, three times during the dive, and twice postdive, with one to several days separating the administrations."

From pre- + dive.

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