precompetition

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adjective

Occurring before or in anticipation of a competition.

Opposite
postcompetition
OriginEnglish competition ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

adjectiveprecompetition (not comparable)

alternative pre-competition

  1. not comparableOccurring before or in anticipation of a competition.

    “A lot of athletes experience precompetition anxieties in the first place,” Rosenfeld said.

    2007 July 23, Juliet Macur, “Before Triathlon, Psychologists Calm Athletes’ Fears”, in New York Times

    Antonyms: postcompetition

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOccurring before or in anticipation of a competition.

Opposite
postcompetition

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishcompetition
  10. Englishprecompetition

From pre- + competition.

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Cite this entry
APA

precompetition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precompetition

MLA

“precompetition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precompetition. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precompetition,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precompetition.

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