Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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adj
Of a structural member, having stress already applied during the manufacturing process in the opposite direction to the stress expected in use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Standing before a stressed syllable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh2- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh2i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English stressed English pre-stressed From pre- + stressed.
