| predecease | (verb) die before; die earlier than | - |
|---|
| predecessor | (noun) something that precedes and indicates the approach of something or someone | Synonyms: forerunner, harbinger, herald, precursor |
|---|
| (noun) one who precedes you in time (as in holding a position or office) | - |
| predestinarian | (adjective) of or relating to predestination; holding the doctrine of predestination | - |
|---|
| (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinationist |
| predestinarianism | (noun) the belief or doctrine of predestinarians | - |
|---|
| predestinate | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: foreordained, predestined |
|---|
| (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestine |
| predestination | (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predetermination, preordination |
|---|
| (noun) previous determination as if by destiny or fate | - |
| predestinationist | (noun) anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | Synonyms: determinist, fatalist, predestinarian |
|---|
| predestine | (verb) foreordain or determine beforehand | Synonyms: foreordain, preordain |
|---|
| (verb) foreordain by divine will or decree | Synonyms: foreordain, predestinate |
| (verb) decree or determine beforehand | - |
| predestined | (adjective) established or prearranged unalterably | Synonyms: foreordained, predestinate |
|---|
| predetermination | (noun) the act of determining or ordaining in advance what is to take place | - |
|---|
| (noun) a mental determination or resolve in advance; an antecedent intention to do something | - |
| (noun) (theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind) | Synonyms: foreordination, predestination, preordination |
| predetermine | (verb) determine beforehand | - |
|---|
| (verb) cause to be biased | Synonyms: bias |
| predetermined | (adjective) set in advance | Synonyms: preset |
|---|
| predicament | (noun) a situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one | Synonyms: plight, quandary |
|---|
| predicate | (noun) one of the two main constituents of a sentence; the predicate contains the verb and its complements | Synonyms: verb phrase |
|---|
| (noun) (logic) what is predicated of the subject of a proposition; the second term in a proposition is predicated of the first term by means of the copula | - |
| (verb) affirm or declare as an attribute or quality of | Synonyms: proclaim |
| (verb) involve as a necessary condition of consequence; as in logic | Synonyms: connote |
| (verb) make the (grammatical) predicate in a proposition | - |
| predication | (noun) (logic) a declaration of something self-evident; something that can be assumed as the basis for argument | Synonyms: postulation |
|---|
| predicative | (adjective) of adjectives; relating to or occurring within the predicate of a sentence | - |
|---|
| predicatively | (adverb) occurring within the predicate phrase | - |
|---|
| predicator | (noun) an expression that predicates | - |
|---|
| predict | (verb) make a prediction about; tell in advance | Synonyms: anticipate, call, forebode, foretell, prognosticate, promise |
|---|
| (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, prefigure, presage, prognosticate |
| predictability | (noun) the quality of being predictable | - |
|---|
| predictable | (adjective) capable of being foretold | - |
|---|
| predictably | (adverb) in a predictable manner or to a predictable degree | - |
|---|
| prediction | (noun) the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) | Synonyms: anticipation, prevision |
|---|
| (noun) a statement made about the future | Synonyms: forecasting, foretelling, prognostication |
| predictive | (adjective) of or relating to prediction; having value for making predictions | Synonyms: prognostic, prognosticative |
|---|
| predictor | (noun) a computer for controlling antiaircraft fire that computes the position of an aircraft at the instant of a shell's arrival | - |
|---|
| (noun) information that supports a probabilistic estimate of future events | - |
| (noun) someone who makes predictions of the future (usually on the basis of special knowledge) | Synonyms: forecaster, prognosticator, soothsayer |
| predigest | (verb) digest (food) beforehand | - |
|---|
| predigested | (adjective) artificially partially digested as by enzymatic action | - |
|---|
| predilection | (noun) a predisposition in favor of something | Synonyms: orientation, preference |
|---|
| (noun) a strong liking | Synonyms: penchant, preference, taste |
| predispose | (verb) make susceptible | - |
|---|
| predisposed | (adjective) made susceptible | - |
|---|
| predisposition | (noun) a disposition in advance to react in a particular way | - |
|---|
| (noun) an inclination beforehand to interpret statements in a particular way | - |
| (noun) susceptibility to a pathogen | Synonyms: sensitivity |
| prednisolone | (noun) a glucocorticoid (trade names Pediapred or Prelone) used to treat inflammatory conditions | Synonyms: Pediapred, Prelone |
|---|
| prednisone | (noun) a dehydrogenated analogue of cortisol (trade names Orasone or Deltasone or Liquid Pred or Meticorten); used as an anti-inflammatory drug in the treatment of arthritis and as an immunosuppressant | Synonyms: Deltasone, Liquid Pred, Meticorten, Orasone |
|---|
| predominance | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predomination |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predomination, prepotency |
| predominant | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominate, preponderant, preponderating |
|---|
| (adjective) most frequent or common | Synonyms: dominant, prevailing, prevalent, rife |
| predominantly | (adverb) much greater in number or influence | Synonyms: preponderantly |
|---|
| predominate | (adjective) having superior power and influence | Synonyms: overriding, paramount, predominant, preponderant, preponderating |
|---|
| (verb) be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance | Synonyms: dominate, prevail, reign, rule |
| (verb) appear very large or occupy a commanding position | Synonyms: hulk, loom, tower |
| predomination | (noun) the quality of being more noticeable than anything else | Synonyms: predominance |
|---|
| (noun) the state of being predominant over others | Synonyms: predominance, prepotency |
| preeclampsia | (noun) abnormal state of pregnancy characterized by hypertension and fluid retention and albuminuria; can lead to eclampsia if untreated | Synonyms: pre-eclampsia |
|---|
| preemie | (noun) an infant that is born prior to 37 weeks of gestation | Synonyms: premature baby, premature infant, premie, preterm baby, preterm infant |
|---|
| preeminence | (noun) high status importance owing to marked superiority | Synonyms: distinction, eminence, note |
|---|
| preeminent | (adjective) greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement | Synonyms: leading |
|---|
| preeminently | (adverb) to a preeminent degree; with superiority or distinction above others; in a preeminent manner | Synonyms: pre-eminently |
|---|
| preempt | (noun) a high bid that is intended to prevent the opposing players from bidding | Synonyms: pre-empt, preemptive bid |
|---|
| (verb) acquire for oneself before others can do so | - |
| (verb) make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge | - |
| (verb) gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land) | - |
| (verb) take the place of or have precedence over | Synonyms: displace |
| preemption | (noun) a prior appropriation of something | Synonyms: pre-emption |
|---|
| (noun) the right to purchase something in advance of others | Synonyms: pre-emption |
| (noun) the right of a government to seize or appropriate something (as property) | Synonyms: pre-emption |
| (noun) the judicial principle asserting the supremacy of federal over state legislation on the same subject | Synonyms: pre-emption |
| preemptive | (adjective) designed or having the power to deter or prevent an anticipated situation or occurrence | Synonyms: pre-emptive |
|---|
| preemptor | (noun) a bidder in bridge who makes a preemptive bid | Synonyms: pre-emptor |
|---|
| (noun) someone who acquires land by preemption | Synonyms: pre-emptor |
| preen | (verb) dress or groom with elaborate care | Synonyms: dress, plume, primp |
|---|
| (verb) pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement | Synonyms: congratulate |
| (verb) clean with one's bill | Synonyms: plume |
| preexist | (verb) exist beforehand or prior to a certain point in time | - |
|---|
| preexistence | (noun) existing in a former state or previous to something else | - |
|---|
| preexistent | (adjective) existing previously or before something | Synonyms: pre-existent, pre-existing, preexisting |
|---|
| preexisting | (adjective) existing previously or before something | Synonyms: pre-existent, pre-existing, preexistent |
|---|
| prefab | (adjective) manufactured in standard sizes to be shipped and assembled elsewhere | - |
|---|
| (noun) a prefabricated structure | - |
| prefabricate | (verb) to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings | Synonyms: preassemble |
|---|
| (verb) produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally | - |
| prefabrication | (noun) the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site | - |
|---|
| preface | (noun) a short introductory essay preceding the text of a book | Synonyms: foreword, prolusion |
|---|
| (verb) furnish with a preface or introduction | Synonyms: introduce, precede, premise |
| prefaded | (adjective) (of fabric or clothing) having been given a faded (weathered) appearance by artificial means | - |
|---|
| prefatorial | (adjective) serving as an introduction or preface | Synonyms: introductory, prefatory |
|---|
| prefatory | (adjective) serving as an introduction or preface | Synonyms: introductory, prefatorial |
|---|
| prefect | (noun) a chief officer or chief magistrate | - |
|---|
| prefectural | (adjective) of or relating to a prefecture | - |
|---|
| prefecture | (noun) the office of prefect | - |
|---|
| (noun) the district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire) | - |
| prefer | (verb) select as an alternative over another | Synonyms: choose, opt |
|---|
| (verb) like better; value more highly | - |
| (verb) promote over another | Synonyms: favor, favour |
| (verb) give preference to one creditor over another | - |
| preferable | (adjective) more desirable than another | Synonyms: preferred |
|---|
| preferably | (adverb) more readily or willingly | Synonyms: rather, sooner |
|---|
| 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) | - |
|---|
| (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 |
| preferent | (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favoured, favourite, pet, preferred |
|---|
| preferential | (adjective) manifesting partiality | Synonyms: discriminatory |
|---|
| preferentially | (adverb) in a preferential manner | - |
|---|
| preferment | (noun) the act of preferring | - |
|---|
| (noun) the act of making accusations | - |
| preferred | (adjective) more desirable than another | Synonyms: preferable |
|---|
| (adjective) preferred above all others and treated with partiality | Synonyms: best-loved, favored, favorite, favoured, favourite, pet, preferent |
| prefiguration | (noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand | Synonyms: adumbration, foreshadowing |
|---|
| (noun) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come | - |
| prefigurative | (adjective) indistinctly prophetic | Synonyms: adumbrative, foreshadowing |
|---|
| prefigure | (verb) indicate, as with a sign or an omen | Synonyms: augur, auspicate, betoken, bode, forecast, foreshadow, foretell, omen, portend, predict, presage, prognosticate |
|---|
| (verb) imagine or consider beforehand | - |
| prefix | (noun) an affix that is added in front of the word | - |
|---|
| (verb) attach a prefix to | - |
| prefixation | (noun) formation of a word by means of a prefix | - |
|---|
| preform | (verb) form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand | - |
|---|
| (verb) form into a shape resembling the final, desired one | - |
| 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 |
|---|
| prefrontal | (adjective) anterior to a frontal structure | - |
|---|
| pregnancy | (noun) the state of being pregnant; the period from conception to birth when a woman carries a developing fetus in her uterus | Synonyms: gestation, maternity |
|---|
| pregnanediol | (noun) a compound found in women's urine during certain phases of the menstrual cycle and in the urine of pregnant women | - |
|---|
| pregnant | (adjective) carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life | - |
|---|
| (adjective) filled with or attended with | Synonyms: fraught |
| (adjective) rich in significance or implication | Synonyms: meaning, significant |
| preheat | (verb) heat beforehand | - |
|---|
| prehend | (verb) take into your hands deliberately | Synonyms: clutch, seize, take hold, take hold of |
|---|
| prehensile | (adjective) adapted for grasping especially by wrapping around an object | - |
|---|
| (adjective) immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth | Synonyms: avaricious, covetous, grabby, grasping, greedy |
| (adjective) having a keen intellect | - |
| prehension | (noun) the act of gripping something firmly with the hands (or the tentacles) | Synonyms: grasping, seizing, taking hold |
|---|
| prehensor | (noun) the anterior pair of legs of a centipede that are modified to seize prey and inject venom from the toxicognaths | - |
|---|
| prehistoric | (adjective) of or relating to times before written history | - |
|---|
| (adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistorical |
| (adjective) outdated | - |
| prehistorical | (adjective) belonging to or existing in times before recorded history | Synonyms: prehistoric |
|---|
| prehistory | (noun) the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word | Synonyms: prehistoric culture |
|---|
| preindication | (noun) an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come | Synonyms: augury, foretoken, sign |
|---|
| preisolate | (verb) isolate beforehand | - |
|---|
| prejudge | (verb) judge beforehand, especially without sufficient evidence | - |
|---|
| prejudgement | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgment |
|---|
| prejudgment | (noun) a judgment reached before the evidence is available | Synonyms: prejudgement |
|---|
| prejudice | (noun) a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation | Synonyms: bias, preconception |
|---|
| (verb) influence (somebody's) opinion in advance | Synonyms: prepossess |
| (verb) disadvantage by prejudice | - |
| prejudiced | (adjective) being biased or having a belief or attitude formed beforehand | Synonyms: discriminatory |
|---|
| (adjective) emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices | - |
| prejudicial | (adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas | Synonyms: prejudicious |
|---|
| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicious |
| prejudicious | (adjective) tending to favor preconceived ideas | Synonyms: prejudicial |
|---|
| (adjective) (sometimes followed by `to') causing harm or injury | Synonyms: damaging, detrimental, prejudicial |
| prelacy | (noun) the office or station of a prelate | Synonyms: prelature |
|---|
| (noun) prelates collectively | Synonyms: prelature |