pre-covid

adjective

Before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Meanings

pre-covid1

adjectivepre-covid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of pre-COVID.
    1 more example

    In 2023, the first full year after China abandoned its “zero-covid” policy, the total value of BRI [Belt and Road Initiative] investments and construction contracts was $96.3bn, according to recently revised data […] This was still below pre-covid levels, but a big rebound from the pandemic era (up from $75bn in 2022). In 2024 and 2025, BRI engagement surged.

    2025 November 2, Economist staff, “China's Belt and Road Initiative is booming again. In a Trump-troubled world, China's leader still sees opportunities in poor countries”, in The Economist, archived from the original on 06 Nov 2025

pre-COVID2

adjectivepre-COVID (not comparable)

alternative pre-Covid · alternative pre-covid

  1. not comparableBefore the COVID-19 pandemic.

    The Cathay Pacific Group expects to resume 70% of pre-COVID passenger capacity levels by end of 2023

    2022 November 24, Cathay Pacific
    3 more examples

    The Albanese Government is helping more Australians get travelling again, with passport wait times now back to pre-COVID normal.

    2023 March 19, Department of Foreign Affairs (Australia)

    Although most schools have returned to pre-COVID procedures, it is still possible that a local COVID outbreak may result in a return to altered arrangements in schools.

    2023, University of New England

    As well as the boom in off-peak leisure numbers, "there has been a big spike in passenger assistance - that's really taken off as well", he continues. "We're probably victims of our own success because we promote this more than we ever used to. We promote how accessible the railways are. I think that this area has more than doubled from pre-COVID levels.

    2023 November 1, Nick Brodrick talks to Jason Cocker, “A station that "oozes" customer service...”, in RAIL, number 995, pages 52-53

pre-Covid3

adjectivepre-Covid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of pre-COVID.

    “Let Them All Talk” is as breezy as an ocean cruise (pre-Covid), and mostly a welcome excuse to enjoy its three septuagenarian leads – Meryl Streep, Candice Bergen and Dianne Wiest – as they banter their way across the Atlantic.

    2020 December 10, Brian Lowry, “‘Let Them All Talk’ takes a breezy boat trip with Meryl Streep and company”, in CNN

Origin

pre-covid · adjective

From pre- + covid.

Full word history & related roots →

pre-COVID · adjective

From pre- + COVID.

Full word history & related roots →

pre-Covid · adjective

From pre- + Covid.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 疫情前
  • 疫情前 (yìqíngqián)Translations
Polish przedcovidowy
  • przedcovidowyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

pre-covid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-covid

MLA

“pre-covid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-covid. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pre-covid,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-covid.

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