pre-, prae-

1. To form a conception or opinion of beforehand, as before seeing evidence or as a result of previously held prejudice.
2. To form a previous notion or idea.

1. An idea or opinion formed beforehand; especially without evidence or as a result of prejudice.
2. Formed in the mind in advance, especially if based on little or no information or experience and reflecting personal prejudices.

1. An opinion formed before obtaining adequate evidence, especially as the result of bias or prejudice.
2. A prejudice that prevents rational consideration of an issue.

1. Something that must come before or is necessary to a subsequent result; a condition: "There was a precondition which must be met before a promotion can take place."
2. To subject (a person or thing) to a special treatment in preparation for a subsequent experience, process, test, etc.: "He had to precondition the surface before starting the final painting."

The creation of a condition, or state, in which a stimulus applied later will incur a certain response.

The part of the mind that is not in immediate awareness but can be consciously recalled with effort, one of the systems of Freud's topographic model of the mind.

1. To cook something partially or completely, for final preparation at a later time.
2. To cook beforehand so the actual preparation won't take so long; such as, cooking rice in advance.

Before the existence of the universe.

Anterior to the ribs or in front of the ribs.

1. Before the Creation.
2. Existing or occurring before the creation of the world; antemundane.

1. A person or thing that precedes, as in a job, a method, etc.; a predecessor.
2. A person, animal, or thing that goes before and indicates the approach of someone or something else; a harbinger: "The budding of tree leaves is a precursor of spring."
3. A chemical that is transformed into another compound; such as, in the course of a chemical reaction, and therefore precedes that compound in the synthetic pathway.
4. In biology, a cell or tissue that gives rise to a variant, specialized, or more mature form.
5. Someone or something that comes before, and is often considered to lead to the development of, another person or thing.
6. Someone who held a position or job before somebody else.

1. At an initial or preparatory stage.
2. Serving as an indication of something to come.
3. Serving as a precursor, or harbinger.
4. Indicating something to follow; introductory; preliminary.
5. Preceding as the harbinger; indicating something to follow; as precursory symptoms of a fever.

1. To put a date on something, especially a check or a contract, that is earlier than the actual date, or say that something occurred at an earlier date than it actually did; to antedate.
2. To come before someone or something else in time.
3. To establish something as being earlier relative to something else.

1. Someone who precedes another person in time; such as, in holding a position or office.
2. Something previously in use or existence that has been replaced or succeeded by something else.
3. Something succeeded or replaced by something else.

1. Someone who believes or maintains the theological doctrine of predestination, especially in an extreme form; a fatalist.
2. In theology, anyone who believes God has determined all events in advance; especially, the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity including the final salvation of mankind.