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Pre-

//pɹɛ// prefix

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Prefix
  1. 1
    Before; physically in front of. morpheme
  2. 2
    Before; physically in front of.; Synonym of anterior. morpheme
  3. 3
    Before; earlier in time; beforehand. morpheme

Etymology

From Middle English pre-, borrowed from Latin prae-, from the preposition prae (“before”).

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