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
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adj
Situated in front of, or anterior to, the mouth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Prior to the oral stage, in Freudian psychoanalysis.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychoanalysis, psychology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Prior to an oral exam.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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 oral English preoral From pre- + oral.
