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preauction

preauction adjective: before an auction.

Adjective

preauction (not comparable)

  1. Before an auction.
    • Christie’s held a preauction showing for rich Russian art collectors at Pashkov House last fall, and Boucheron, the French jewelry house, held an exhibition and soirée there in March.2008 May 8, Sophia Kishkovsky, “A Treasure Is Restored, With Culture Its Bounty”, in New York Times
    Antonyms:
    postauction

Antonyms of preauction

Forms of preauction

alternative formpre-auction

Origin of preauction

From pre- + auction.

Questions about preauction

What does preauction mean?
Preauction means before an auction.
What part of speech is preauction?
Preauction is an adjective.

Words near preauction in the dictionary

  1. preattends
  2. preattention
  3. preattentional
  4. preattentive
  5. preattentively
  6. preauction
  7. preaudience
  8. preaudit
  9. preaudited
  10. preauditing
  11. preauditory

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