Meanings
- not comparableDone or made before or in preparation for a performance.
Next, add core ingredients: elements of live and preperformance video.
2007 September 27, Alastair Macaulay, “Striking the Pose: Rock Show as Movement”, in New York Times
plural preperformances
- countableuncountableprior performance
Three youths were then taught to engage in these behaviors, which included statements of cooperation and reform. Policemen then evaluated preperformances and postperformances of the youths in simulated interactions with a policeman.
1981, Sidney William Bijou, Roberto Ruíz, Behavior modification: contributions to education, page 222
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishperformance
- Englishpreperformance
From pre- + performance.
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