pre-, prae-

Occurring before or preceding ataxia.

In law, the right to be heard before another.

A privilege belonging to the English legal system, the members of which are entitled to be heard in their order, according to rank, beginning with the Attorney and Solicitor General, and Queen's Counsel, and ending with barristers at large.

The anterior to the auricle of the ear.

Occurring before the entrance of bacilli into the system, or before they become discoverable.

That part of the dorsum of the tongue lying anterior to the base.

A reference to the period before the existence of life on earth.

To cancel the postage stamp on an envelope before mailing it.

A stamp that has been canceled before mailing, or an item bearing such a stamp.

A condition which tends eventually to become malignant.

Pertaining to a pathologic process that tends to become malignant.

1. As a quality or mode of action; caution exercised beforehand to provide against mischief or secure good results; prudent foresight.
2. A caution or caveat given beforehand; such as, caution which is calculated and assumed before danger actually threatens.

Using precaution; displaying previous or provident caution or care.

1. To come, go, be, or happen before someone or something else in time, position, or importance.
2. To say or to do something before something else.
3. To come before in order or rank; to surpass or to outrank.
4. To be in a position in front of; to go in advance of; such as, to precede someone else into a room is to go before that person.
5. To preface; to introduce: "The author preceded her lecture with a funny anecdote."

1. A status established in order of importance or urgency.
2. A relative importance in rank and status that determines something; such as, the order in which participants are placed in a formal situation.
3. The right or need to be dealt with before someone or something else or to be treated as more important than somebody or something else.
4. The fact of being more important than others.

1. A previous act or instance that may be used as an example in dealing with subsequent similar instances.
2. In law, a judicial decision that may be used as a standard in subsequent similar cases.
3. A convention or custom arising from long practice.
4. An example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time.
5. Etymology: "to go before" in rank or importance, from Modern French preceder, from Latin pręcedere, "to go before" from prę-, "before" + cedere, "to go".