prefire
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
prefire (not comparable)
- Before the occurrence of a fire.
- 2007, Francis L. Brannigan, Glenn P. Corbett, Brannigan's Building Construction for the Fire Service, page 6:
- Francis Brannigan's great interest in prefire planning was forced by necessity. All of a sudden, as a naval officer, he had responsibilities for lives and property for which he was totally unprepared.
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
prefire (third-person singular simple present prefires, present participle prefiring, simple past and past participle prefired)
- Alternative form of pre-fire.
Galician edit
Verb edit
prefire
- inflection of preferir: