pred
English edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of various words.
Noun edit
pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)
- (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
- 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, “Vikki and the Rat”, in alt.fan.vore (Usenet):
- Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.
- (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
- (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
- (chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.
- Antonym: succ
Adjective edit
pred (not comparable)
- (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.
Anagrams edit
Serbo-Croatian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
prȅd (Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)
- (accusative) before, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)
- pred rat ― just before the war
- (instrumental) before, in front of, before (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
- S(j)edim pred kȕćōm. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.
- (clipping of ispred, accusative) in front of, to the front of, before (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
- S(j)edni preda me. ― Sit in front of me.
- (figurative, instrumental) in face of, before, facing
- (regional) ago
Usage notes edit
The alternative form prȅda occurs before the enclitic of some personal pronouns to ease the pronunciation:
- (me): preda me / preda mnom
- (you): preda te / pred tobom
- (him): pred nj / pred njim
Antonyms edit
- (antonym(s) of "in front of"): iza
Related terms edit
Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
pred
- before, in front of (motion to) [+accusative]
- before, in front of (stationary) [+instrumental]
- before, previous to (in time) [+instrumental]