Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

prespecified

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables: pre-spec-i-fied
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

specified in advance.

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 specified English prespecified From pre- + specified.

Inflected Forms

more prespecified (comparative) most prespecified (superlative)

Questions

What does prespecified mean?: specified in advance.
Where does prespecified 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 specified English prespecified From pre- + specified.

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