Meanings
- not comparableBuilt in advance.
About $10 million of the renovation budget will be spent in fitting out 130,000 square feet of prebuilt offices on those floors.
2008 January 2, J. Alex Tarquinio, “Big Makeovers for Office Buildings Outside of Midtown”, in New York TimesSynonyms: prefabricated
plural prebuilts
- Something assembled before it is sold.
Whether it’s making them eco-friendly, creating prebuilts, adding technology or security, we’re constantly reviewing what we need to do to make sure our buildings continue to attract tenants.
2009 July 12, Vivian Marino, “The 30-Minute Interview: William C. Rudin”, in New York Times
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of prebuild
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveBuilt in advance.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishbuilt
- Englishprebuilt
Translations
French préconstruit, préfabriqué
- préconstruitbuilt in advance
- préfabriquébuilt in advance
Cite this entry
prebuilt. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prebuilt
“prebuilt.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prebuilt. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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