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Preordinance
- - Antecedent decree or determination.
Preparations
- noun - (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord; "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
- a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
- activity leading to skilled behavior
- preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
- the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
- the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (
Preparedness
- noun - the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"
Preponderant
- adjective - having superior power and influence; "the predominant mood among policy-makers is optimism"
Preponderate
- verb - weigh more heavily; "these considerations outweigh our wishes"
Prepositions
- noun - (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)
- a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
Prepossessed
- verb - cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"
- influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
- make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"
- possess beforehand
Prepossesses
- verb - cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"
- influence (somebody's) opinion in advance
- make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"
- possess beforehand
Prepossessor
- - One who possesses, or occupies, previously.
Preposterous
- adjective - incongruous;inviting ridicule; "the absurd excuse that the dog ate his homework"; "that's a cockeyed idea"; "ask a nonsensical question and get a nonsensical answer"; "a contribution so small as to be laughable"; "it is ludicrous to call a cottage a mansion"; "a preposterous attempt to turn back the pages of history"; "her conceited assumption of universal interest in her rather dull children was ridiculous"