pred

See also: před, přeď, pred-, Pred., před-, přěd, пред, and пред-

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of various words.

Noun

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

pred (not comparable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.

Anagrams

• PDRE, derp

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• prȅda

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêd/

Preposition

prȅd (Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)

1. (accusative) before, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)

   pred rat ― just 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

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

• (antonym(s) of "in front of"): iza

Related terms

• ispred

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prɛt/

Preposition

pred

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