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 predictedly As predicted. predicting A prediction. predictingly In a predicting manner. prediction A statement of what will happen in the future. predictional Relating to prediction; prophetic; prognostic. predictionary A simplified dictionary intended for use by children. predictive Useful in predicting. predictively In the manner of something that attempts to or succeeds in predicting, anticipating or expecting. predictiveness the ability to predict predictivity The condition of being predictive predictor Something that anticipates, predicts, or foretells. predictory Serving to predict; predictive. predictress A female predictor. prediet Before starting a diet. predietary Before starting a diet. predifferentiated differentiated in advance of some other process predifferentiation prior to differentiation prediffusion diffusion prior to some other process predigest To digest food in advance of eating it predigestion The partial hydrolysis etc. of food, by enzymes or other materials, prior to normal digestion predigital Preceding the advent of digital technology predikant A minister in the Dutch Reformed Church, or allied denomination. predilatation dilatation (typically with a balloon) prior to some other procedure predilate To dilate prior to another operation predilation The dilation (of a blood vessel) prior to some other operation. predilatory Prior to dilation predilect To elect or choose beforehand. predilection A condition of favoring or liking; a tendency towards; proclivity; predisposition. predilute prediluted prediluted diluted before sale, or before another operation predilution dilution in advance of another process predilutional Prior to dilution predilutionally In a predilutional manner prediluvial Before a flood or deluge. prediluvian Before the Flood; antediluvian. predimension The result of a function on a group of sets, where the function satisfies three conditions: (1) it returns 0 for the empty set; (2) if one set is contained in another set, the function always returns a value that is less than or equal to the result for the containing set; (3) the result for the union of two sets is less than or equal to the sum of the results for each of those sets individually minus the result for their intersection. predimerize To dimerize prior to some other reaction or process predimerized dimerized prior to some other reaction predinner Occurring before or in preparation for dinner prediphtheritic Before diphtheria. prediploma Prior to a diploma. prediplomatic Prior to the use or introduction of diplomacy. predirectional The cardinal or ordinal direction preceding a street name in some grid-based address systems. predisability Prior to the onset of a disability. predisabled Not yet disabled; prior to being disabled. predisagreement A pause or utterance indicating disagreement to the listener before any disagreeing statement is made. predisaster Before a disaster. predischarge Before a discharge (especially, discharge from a hospital, military service, or other institution). predischarged Having discharge authorized at the time of admission; short-term prediscipline Before discipline is imposed. predisclose To disclose in advance. predisclosure prior disclosure predisco Of the period in the 1970s preceding the advent of disco music. prediscontinuance Before discontinuance. prediscontinuation Before discontinuation. prediscount Before a discount is applied. prediscover To discover beforehand. prediscoverer One who prediscovers. prediscovery A previous discovery. prediscretized discretized prior to some other operation prediscuss To discuss in advance. prediscussed Having been discussed in advance. prediscussion Before a discussion. predisease Of or relating to a predisease (such as prediabetes or prehypertension), as with predisease states or predisease stage. predismissal Before dismissal. predisordered Before the onset of a disordered state. predispense To dispense in advance. predispensed dispensed in advance predispersal Prior to dispersal predisplacement Prior to displacement. predisplay Before display. predisponency The state of being predisposed; predisposition. predisponent Disposing beforehand; predisposing. predisposable Liable to occur through predisposition. predisposal Before disposal. predispose To make someone susceptible to something (such as a disease). predisposed Inclined. predisposedly In a predisposed manner. predisposedness the quality of being predisposed predisposingly So as to predispose. predisposition The state of being predisposed or susceptible to something, especially to a behavior or a health condition. predispositional By, or relating to, predisposition. predispositionally By, or relating to, predisposition. predispute Before a dispute. predisruption Before disruption. predissected Having been dissected in advance. predissemination prior dissemination predissertation Before a dissertation. predissociation The dissociation of a molecule, following absorption of light energy, by tunnelling predissolution Before dissolution. predissolved dissolved prior to some other process predistillation distillation prior to another process predistorted Subject to predistortion predistortion Distortion prior to some other process. predistress Prior to distress. predistribution A distribution made in advance. predisturbance Before a disturbance. predisturbed Disturbed in advance. preditor In the entertainment industry, a person fulfilling the duties of both producer and editor (and sometimes also writer). predive Before a dive. prediversified diversified prior to some other operation prediversion Before a diversion. prediverticular Present in an incipient form that has not yet progressed to formation of complete diverticula. predivestiture Before divestiture. predividend Before a dividend is paid. predivider Synonym of prescaler. predivine To divine or determine in advance; predict. predivision division of a chromosome prior to meiosis predivisional Prior to division (of a cell or chromosome) predivorce Before a divorce. Predmore A surname. Predmost An important Late Pleistocene hill site of Central Europe, situated in northwestern Přerov, Moravia. prednicarbate A topical corticosteroid drug. prednimustine A drug used in chemotherapy, the ester formed from prednisolone and chlorambucil. prednisolone A synthetic glucocorticoid C₂₁H₂₈O₅ that is a dehydrogenated analog of cortisol and is used especially as an anti-inflammatory drug. prednisone A glucocorticoid C₂₁H₂₆O₅ that is a dehydrogenated analog of cortisone, used to relieve rheumatic and allergic conditions and to treat leukemia. prednylidene A glucocorticoid for systemic use. predo A pedophile who is predatory; a predator who is pedophilic. predoc A predoctoral student. predoctoral Prior to receiving a doctorate predoctorally Prior to receiving a doctorate. predoctorate Synonym of predoctoral. predocumentary Before documentation. predomestic Before domestication. predomesticated Prior to being domesticated predomestication Before domestication. predominance The condition or state of being predominant; ascendancy, domination, preeminence, preponderance. predominancy Predominance. predominant Common or widespread; prevalent. predominantly In a predominant manner. Most commonly or frequently by a large margin. predominate To dominate, have control, or succeed by superior numbers or size. predominately In a predominate manner; predominantly. predominatingly To a degree that predominates; overwhelmingly; very greatly or intensely. predomination The act or state of predominating; ascendency; predominance. predominator One who predominates. predominion predominance; prevalence; superior influence or power. predonated donated in advance of need predone Performed in advance. predoom To determine someone's fate in advance predophile A pedophile who is predatory; a predator who is pedophilic. predorsal Immediately in front of a dorsal region predose To dose (a semiconductor etc,) in advance of another process. predough An intermediate dough before making the final dough predownload To download in advance. predpol Predictive policing, using data and analytics to anticipate crimes. predraft Occurring before or in preparation for a draft. predrainage Before drainage. predreissenid Prior to the presence of dreissenids in an environment predried dried in advance predrill To drill through a substrate for the purpose of readying it for a second drilling, this time with the purpose of emplacing the desired input.