preorder
/ˈpɹiˌoɹdɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.03 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To order (goods or services) in advance, before they are available.
Intransitive verb; Transitive verb
noun
An order for goods or services placed in advance.
noun
A binary relation that is reflexive and transitive.
adj
Such that, recursively, the root is visited before the left and right subtrees.
Example Sentences
- "Preorder now at website.com!"
- "available for preorder"
- "Head over to website.com and get your preorder in."
- "The relation of logical implication over sentences is an example of a preorder."
- "Example 436 For each set A, the relation #92;subseteq is a preorder on #92;mathcal#123;P#125;(A)."
- "Let us first compare S#95;1, S#95;2 and S#95;3 w.r.t. the partial preorder #92;succeq."
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- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der. Proto-Italic *ordōder. Latin ōrdinem Old French ordneder. Middle English ordre English order English preorder From pre- + order.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpɹiˌoɹdɚ/
- British English: /pɹiːˈɔːdə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
Phrases
preorder algebra
preorder atom
preorder functor
strict preorder
preordered set