Prehiatus

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before a hiatus. not-comparable

    "On Monday, CBS’s “CSI: Miami” seized the title as the night’s highest-rated show among adults 18 to 49, while NBC’s “Heroes” continued to falter with ratings below its prehiatus levels."

Example

More examples

"On Monday, CBS’s “CSI: Miami” seized the title as the night’s highest-rated show among adults 18 to 49, while NBC’s “Heroes” continued to falter with ratings below its prehiatus levels."

Etymology

From pre- + hiatus.

More for "prehiatus"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.