pred

See also: před, pred-, Pred., and před-

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)

  1. (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
    • 1999, "Kevin Alexander Cosmic", Vikki and the Rat (on newsgroup alt.fan.vore)
      Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.
    • 2001, "Xip", FUR:Shasta! (on newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)
      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.

Adjective

pred (not comparable)

  1. (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prêd/

Preposition

prȅd (Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)

  1. (+ accusative case) in front of, to the front of (with change of position, answering the question kùda)
    s(j)ȅdni prȅda mesit in front of me
  2. (+ accusative case) just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)
    prȅd rȁtjust before the war
  3. (+ instrumental case) before, in front of (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)
    S(j)ȅdim prȅd kȕćōm.I'm sitting in front of the house.
  4. (figuratively) (+ instrumental case) in face of, facing

Usage notes

The alternative form prȅda occurs before the enclitic of the personal pronoun to ease the pronunciation:

prȅda me
prȅda te
prȅda se
prȅda nj
prȅda mnōm
  1. ispred

Antonyms

  • (in front of): iza

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /prɛt/, /prɛd/
  • Tonal orthography: pred

Preposition

pred

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