English

edit
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

edit

Abbreviation of various words.

Noun

edit

pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)

  1. (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.
    • 2001, Xip, “FUR:Shasta!”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet):
      Non-consentual[sic] is the easy one, eating somebody whether they like it or not, killing them is not necessarily a requirement, and in fact their squirming on the way down may be pleasure to the pred.
  2. (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
  3. (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
  4. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
  5. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
  6. (chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.
    Antonym: succ

Adjective

edit

pred (not comparable)

  1. (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)

  1. (accusative) before, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)
    pred ratjust before the war
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
  4. (figurative, instrumental) in face of, before, facing
  5. (regional) ago
    Synonyms: prije, pre
    To se dogodilo pred 150 godina.That happened 150 years 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
edit

Slovene

edit

Etymology

edit

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

edit

Preposition

edit

pred

  1. before, in front of (motion to) [with accusative]
  2. before, in front of (stationary) [with instrumental]
  3. before, previous to (in time) [with instrumental]