prematch

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adjective

Occurring before or in preparation for a match

OriginEnglish match ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
Scrabble 17
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Meanings

adjectiveprematch (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring before or in preparation for a match

    Jessica Bennett, center rear, listening to prematch instructions.

    2007 February 17, Tamar Lewin, “More Girls Take Part in High School Wrestling”, in New York Times
verbprematch (third-person singular simple present prematches, present participle prematching, simple past and past participle prematched)

present singular third person prematches · participle present prematching · participle past prematched · past prematched

  1. To match prior to some other operation

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. Englishmatch
  10. Englishprematch

From pre- + match.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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