pred
English
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Etymology
Shortening.
Noun
pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)
- (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.
- 1999, "Kevin Alexander Cosmic", Vikki and the Rat (on newsgroup alt.fan.vore)
- (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
- (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
- (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
Adjective
pred (not comparable)
- (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.
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Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Pronunciation
Preposition
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
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
Related terms
Antonyms
- (in front of): iza
Slovene
Etymology
From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.
Pronunciation
Preposition
pred
- (with accusative) before, in front of (motion to)
- (with instrumental) before, in front of (stationary)
- (with instrumental) before, previous to (in time)
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