prepromise

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adjective

Before a promise is made.

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Meanings

adjectiveprepromise (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore a promise is made.

    […] including only panel data for prepromise years, and assign a synthetic treatment to years in which the policy was not present.

    2020, Laura W. Perna, Edward J. Smith, Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs, page 160
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    Nevertheless, these texts are found in the prepromise layers of the Jacob and Joseph materials, and they anticipate elements in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.

    1996, David McLain Carr, Reading the Fractures of Genesis, page 226

Origin

From pre- + promise.

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APA

prepromise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepromise

MLA

“prepromise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepromise. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prepromise,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepromise.

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