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- Prevent
- To keep something from happening before it happens, such as a window being broken or a person catching a cold
- Prenatal
- before birth, or during pregnancy
- Preoccupied
- having your attention already taken up by something, so you are not paying attention to what is happening around you. For example, if you are preoccupied with a test that is coming, you might not pay attention to what people are saying to you.
- Prequel
- a book or story or movie that is set before something that has already been written. For example, the "Star Wars" series had a prequel set before the first Star Wars movie, where you found out about earlier times and people. The sixth book in the Chronicles of Narnia is a prequel because it tells how Narnia began, even though that book was written after other stories about Narnia.
- Prelude
- a part that comes before something else, such as a prelude to a piece of music, or dark clouds as a prelude to a storm.
- Previous
- happening or coming before; such as "on the previous page," meaning the page before, or "in a previous class," meaning some class before this one
- Predict
- To tell what one thinks will happen in the future, such as the weather, peoples' behavior, or the outcome of a contest
- Preprandial
- before the evening meal
- Precaution
- care or an action taken ahead of time against danger or failure, such as locking the door as a precaution against theft
- Pre-owned
- Owned by someone else before now; "used."
- Preview
- a view or showing ahead of time such as "previews" of a movie
- Preface
- Introductory remarks
- Predispose
- to make something more likely to happen, before it does. For example, not getting enough sleep predisposes people to catching colds or being grumpy. (It is the opposite of taking precautions.) If a person is "predisposed" to act a certain way (such as to agree with others), they are already more likely to act that way than some other way.
- Preempt
- to take over something, (such as by getting in front of anyone else who would want it or being more important). Examples: to take over someone's land, to take over a group of people, or for one TV show to replace another (such as a news story or baseball game preempting a regular show).
- Preamble
- an introductory statement before an important statement. The preamble to the constitution explains why the people of the U.S. thought they needed one.