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Hello everyone, in our Lesson 55, we learnt about the prefix Post. Post represents the meanings after; behind. Today we shall see the prefix pre. Happy Reading :)
Day 56 : Pre
- Pre - before;in advance
Let's try to understand this with some examples
- prevent (verb) = to stop somebody from doing something
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- pre (prae) - Prefix = before
- vent - Root = come
- pre (prae) - Prefix = before
- predict (verb) = to say that something will happen in the future
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- pre - Prefix = before
- dict (dicere) - Root = say
Let's have a look at some more words with prefixes, for better understanding.
- Preview - see ‘before’
- Precede - to go before
- Preamble - an introduction
- Precaution - care taken beforehand
- Precedent - something similar which happened before
- Precipitate - to act hurriedly; to throw headlong
- Precise - cut ‘before’
- Precocious - having ripened very early; as, a precocious child
- Predecessor - one who preceded another in office
- Predict - say ‘before’
- Preeminent - supreme; above all others; as, a preeminent speaker
- Prefer - carry ‘before’ others
- Prejudice - judge ‘before’
- Prelude - a musical or dramatic introduction
- Premonition - a forewarning; an omen
- Preoccupied - already occupied; very busy
- Preparatory - introductory; as, a preparatory school
- Prepare - get ready ‘before’
- Presage - to predict; prophesy
- Preserve - to keep secure from injury
- Preside - to occupy the leading place; as, preside at a meeting
- President - leader who sits ‘before’ all others
- Presume - to take to onself a right before it has been granted
- Pretender - one who makes a claim; as, a pretender to a throne
- Prevent - come ‘before’
- Prevention - the act of intervening before trouble; as, prevention of crime
Home Work :
Try to guess the meanings of the following elements.
- -locu
- -mitt
- -pend
- -ora
Shraboni Chakraborty
Asstt. Professor
English and Foreign Languages University,
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