prefab | (noun) a prefabricated structure | - |
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prefabrication | (noun) the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site | - |
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preface | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: foreword, prolusion |
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prefect | (noun) a chief officer or chief magistrate | - |
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prefecture | (noun) the office of prefect | - |
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(noun) the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
preference | (noun) grant of favor or advantage to one over another (especially to a country or countries in matters of international trade, such as levying duties) | - |
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(noun) the right or chance to choose | Synonyms: druthers |
(noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: orientation, predilection |
(noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: penchant, predilection, taste |
preferment | (noun) the act of preferring | - |
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(noun) the act of making accusations | - |
prefiguration | (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, foreshadowing |
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(noun) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come | - |
prefix | (noun) an affix that is added in front of the word | - |
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prefixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of a prefix | - |
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preformation | (noun) a theory (popular in the 18th century and now discredited) that an individual develops by simple enlargement of a tiny fully formed organism (a homunculus) that exists in the germ cell | Synonyms: theory of preformation |
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