💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Preinitial"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| initial | Spatially first, placed at the beginning, in the first position; especially said of the first letter of a word. |
| prefinal | (linguistics) Immediately before the last. |
| preheadnoun | (phonetics) The group of unstressed syllables preceding the head (if present) or nucleus (if there is no head). |
| onsetnoun | (medicine) The initial phase of a disease or condition, in which symptoms first become apparent. |
| preinitializationnoun | (computing) A phase prior to initialization, when something is preinitialized. |
| preformative | (grammar, chiefly in Semitic languages) of a letter, syllable, etc.: attached to the beginning of a word as a formative element. |
| protosyllablenoun | A vocalization in speech that is the precursor to a syllable. |
| presequencenoun | (linguistics) The opening part of a conversation. |
| beginningnoun | (uncountable) The act of doing that which begins anything; commencement of an action, state, or space of time; entrance into being or upon a course; the first act, effort, or state of a succession of acts or states. |
| prefixnoun | (grammar, linguistic morphology) A morpheme added to the beginning of a word to modify its meaning, for example as, pre- in prefix, con- in conjure, re- in reheat, etc. |
| preaspirationnoun | (phonetics) A period of voiceless breathing that precedes some consonants in some languages—a sort of mirror-image of aspiration. |
| preformantnoun | (archaic, rare) Chiefly in Semitic languages: Synonym of preformative (“a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word”). |
| prelusionnoun | A prelude; something that comes first. |
| prelanguagenoun | (linguistics) Vocal utterances that precede the development of language. |
| pref.noun | Abbreviation of Prefecture. |
| prefnoun | (informal) Clipping of preference. [The selection of one thing or person over others (with the main adposition being "for" in relation to the thing or person, but possibly also "of")] |
| impriming | (transitive, obsolete) To drive (a hunted animal) out of its shelter. |
| prenominal | (grammar) That is placed before a noun |
| preplosionnoun | The phonological process of preocclusion. |
| premodifiernoun | (grammar) A modifier placed before the head of the phrase. |
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