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See also: před, přeď, pred-, Pred., před-, přěd, пред, and пред-

English

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Etymology

Abbreviation of various words.

Noun

pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)

  1. (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predator.
    • 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, “Vikki and the Rat”, in alt.fan.vore (Usenet):
      Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.
    • 2001, Xip, “FUR:Shasta!”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet):
      Non-consentual is the easy one, eating somebody whether they like it or not, killing them is not necessarily a requirement, and in fact their squirming on the way down may be pleasure to the pred.
  2. (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
  3. (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
  4. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
  5. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
  6. (chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.
    Antonym: succ

Adjective

pred (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

Preposition

prȅd (Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)

  1. (accusative) before, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)
    pred rat ― just before the war
  2. (instrumental) before, in front of, before (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
    S(j)edim pred kȕćōm. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.
  3. (clipping of ispred, accusative) in front of, to the front of, before (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
    S(j)edni preda me. ― Sit in front of me.
  4. (figurative, instrumental) in face of, before, facing
  5. (regional) ago
    Synonyms: prije, pre
    To se dogodilo pred 150 godina. ― That happened 150 years ago.

Usage notes

The alternative form prȅda occurs before the enclitic of some personal pronouns to ease the pronunciation:

(me): preda me / preda mnom
(you): preda te / pred tobom
(him): pred nj / pred njim

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of “in front of”): iza

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

Preposition

pred

  1. before, in front of (motion to)
  2. before, in front of (stationary)
  3. before, previous to (in time)
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