Words Starting With PRE

2,579 words start with PRE. Scores range up to 31 points (PREQUALIFYING), averaging 16.5 points with standard English tile values. Every entry below shows its point value, US and UK dictionary validity, and a definition where available.

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Definition

Before, especially in time or order.

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To absorb beforehand or before another step.

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Past tense of PREABSORB.

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Present participle of PREABSORB.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREABSORB.

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To accuse in advance or beforehand.

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Past tense of PREACCUSE.

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Plural of PREACCUSE.

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Present participle of PREACCUSE.

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Obsolete form of preach.

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Past tense of PREACE.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREACE.

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To deliver a religious sermon.

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Suitable for being delivered as a sermon.

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Past tense of PREACH.

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Agent noun of PREACH.

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Characteristic of or suited to a preacher.

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Plural of PREACHER.

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The office or role of a preacher.

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Plural of PREACHERSHIP.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREACH.

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More inclined to moralize or lecture.

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Most inclined to give moral advice.

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Preached in a moralizing or tedious way.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREACHIFY.

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To give moral advice in a tedious way.

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Present participle of PREACHIFY.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREACHIFYING.

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In a manner that moralizes excessively.

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The quality of being preachy or moralizing.

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Plural of PREACHINESS.

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Present participle of PREACH.

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In a manner that preaches or moralizes.

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Plural of PREACHING.

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A moral or religious sermon.

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Plural of PREACHMENT.

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Inclined to or marked by tedious moralization.

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Present participle of PREACE.

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To make familiar with something beforehand.

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Prior acquaintance or knowledge.

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Past tense of PREACQUAINT.

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Present participle of PREACQUAINT.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREACQUAINT.

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Occurring before an acquisition.

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To act beforehand.

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Past tense of PREACT.

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Present participle of PREACT.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREACT.

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Existing before the time of Adam.

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A supposed inhabitant of Earth before Adam.

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Plural of PREADAMITE.

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To adapt in advance.

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A trait that evolved for one function but later used for another.

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Plural of PREADAPTATION.

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Past tense of PREADAPT.

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Present participle of PREADAPT.

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Serving as an adaptation for a future condition.

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Third-person singular present tense of PREADAPT.

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To adjust in advance of something.

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Past tense of PREADJUST.

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PREQUALIFYING scores 31 points, the highest in this list using standard English tile values.