Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z predecisional Prior to the making of a decision predecisive Of or relating to predecision. predeclaration A declaration made in advance; forward declaration. predeclare To declare or announce beforehand. predecode To decode in advance. predecoding The process of partially decoding machine instructions prior to their storage in the instruction cache, typically to identify instruction boundaries, classify instruction types, and facilitate faster or parallel decoding during execution. predecoherence A quantum state that leads to decoherence predecomposition decomposition prior to some other process predecree Before a decree. prededication A dedication made previously or beforehand. prededuct To deduct beforehand. prededuction A deduction (of money, or in logical reasoning, etc.) made in advance. predefeat Before a defeat. predefection Before defection. predefine To define in advance. predefined Having been defined or established previously. predefinition The act or process of defining something in advance. predeformation deformation prior to some other process predeformed Subject to predeformation predegeneration Prior degeneration predegradation prior degradation predegraded degraded in advance predegree Prior to an academic degree. predelay The delay before the first reverberation of an echo. predeliberate To deliberate in advance. predeliberation Previous deliberation. predelimitation prior delimitation predelineate To delineate in advance. predelineation Previous delineation. predelinquency The quality of being predelinquent. predelinquent At risk of falling into delinquency. predeliver To deliver in advance. predelivery Before a delivery. predella A raised step near the base of a Christian altar. predelusional Before the onset of a delusion. predementia Early symptoms (such as memory-loss) that sometimes lead to full-blown dementia predemocracy Before democracy. predemocratic Before democracy. predenaturation preliminary denaturation predenatured denatured prior to some other procedure predendritic Describing any precursor of a dendritic cell predenial Before a denial. predental Before, and in preparation for, dental education. predentary An extension to the dentary in the jawbone of some dinosaurs predentate Before the teeth have developed. predentin The matrix of organic fibres that calcifies to form dentin. predentistry An undergraduate academic program tailored to prepare the student for graduate study in dentistry, usually followed by practice as a dentist. predepartmental Before the introduction of a department. predeparture Occurring before or in preparation for one's departure. predepleted depleted prior to some other process predeploy To deploy in advance. predeployment Before deployment. predeportation Before deportation. predeposit To deposit in advance. predeposited deposited in advance predeposition The act of depositing something in advance. predepositionally In a predepositional manner; before deposition. prederivatised derivatised prior to some other process prederivatization derivatization prior to some other process predescribe To describe in advance. predescribed Described earlier. predesert Prior to the formation of a desert. predesign To design beforehand; to predetermine. predesignate Designated in advance. predesignation The act of predesignating. predesigned designed in advance predessert A small dessert-like course served before the main dessert. predestinable able to be predestined. predestinarian Of or relating to predestination. predestinarianism The belief (or doctrine) that one is powerless to change one's destiny. predestinary predestinarian predestinate To predestine. predestinately In a predestinate manner. predestination The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate. predestinational Relating to predestination predestinationism The belief in predestination. predestinationist One who believes in predestination. predestinative Determining beforehand; predestinating. predestinatively By predestination. predestinator One who predestinates, or foreordains. predestine To determine the future or the fate of something in advance; to preordain. predestined Fated, predetermined, or doomed; something whose outcome has been set beforehand. predestiny Predestination. predetect To detect in advance. predetention Prior to detention. predeterminability The property of being predeterminable. predeterminable That can be predetermined predeterminant A determinant of what will follow. predeterminate Determined beforehand. predeterminately In a predeterminate manner. predetermination The act of determining beforehand. predeterminative Of or relating to predetermination. predetermine To determine or decide in advance. predetermined Determined in advance. predeterminedly In a predetermined manner. predeterminedness The property or state of being predetermined. predeterminer The function of a phrase that precedes a determiner in a noun phrase and modifies the head noun. predeterminism The belief that all events that occur have already been determined. predeterministic Relating to predeterminism. predetonation When a nuclear bomb fails to produce full yield, due to the chain reaction starting prematurely, before the system is at optimum criticality. predeuterated deuterated prior to some other operation predevaluation Before devaluation. predevelop To develop in advance. predeveloper A substance used prior to developer. predevelopment A phase of preparation prior to development. predevote predestined prediabetes The state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes. prediabetic Preceding the onset of diabetes; thus, indicating the probable future onset of diabetes. prediagnosed diagnosed in advance prediagnosis Prior to diagnosis prediagnostic Describing the course of a disease before it has been diagnosed prediagnostically In a prediagnostic manner predial To dial in advance. prediality The state of being praedial predialysis Prior to dialysis. predialytic prior to dialysis predialyzed dialyzed prior to some other procedure prediapausal Prior to diapause. prediapause Prior to diapause prediastemal anterior to a diastema prediastolic Preceding the diastole of the heart. predicability The quality or state of being predicable. predicable Capable of being predicated or affirmed of something; affirmable; attributable. predicably In a predicable way. predicament A definite class, state or condition. predicamental Relating to a predicament. predicand What a clausal predicate, predicative complement or adjunct relates to. predicant Predicating; affirming; declaring; proclaiming. predicatable Predicable; capable of being predicated. predicate The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by. predicatid A portion of a predicate that lacks time indication. predication A proclamation, announcement or preaching. predicational Relating to predicates or predications. predicatival Of or pertaining to the predicate of a sentence. predicative Modifying a noun from within a predicate. predicatively As a predicate; giving information about the subject of a sentence. predicativism A philosophical position that definitions of concepts can only use other concepts that don't depend on the concept being defined. predicativist An advocate of predicativism. predicativity The condition of being predicative predicator That which predicates; that designates a property or relationship predicatory affirmative; making a clear assertion or statement of praise, especially one with religious or moral implications. predicentrine An aporphinoid alkaloid found in Litsea triflora. predicrotic Being, or relating to, the pulse wave sometimes seen in a pulse curve or sphygmogram, between the apex of the curve and the dicrotic wave. predict To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power. predictability The characteristic of being predictable. predictable Able to be predicted. predictableness The quality of being predictable. predictably In a manner that can be expected or anticipated. predictand That which is to be predicted. predictant Synonym of predictive.