Meanings
adjectivepreboom (not comparable)
- not comparableeconomicsBefore a boom
From 1999 to 2007, the price of Pu’er, a fermented brew invented by Tang Dynasty traders, increased tenfold[…] before tumbling far below its preboom levels.
2009 January 17, Andrew Jacobs, “A County in China Sees Its Fortunes in Tea Leaves Until a Bubble Bursts”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishboom
- Englishpreboom
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APA
preboom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preboom
MLA
“preboom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preboom. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preboom,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preboom.
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