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predefection

predefection adjective: before defection.

Adjective

predefection (not comparable)

  1. Before defection.
    • The predefection years have so far been portrayed best in “Rudolf Nureyev: Three Years in the Kirov Theater,” a loving, little-known collection of reminiscences by friends and colleagues published in 1995 in Russia.2007 August 29, Jennifer Dunning, “Love Lost and Fame Gained for a Young Nureyev”, in New York Times

Origin of predefection

From pre- + defection.

Questions about predefection

What does predefection mean?
Predefection means before defection.
What part of speech is predefection?
Predefection is an adjective.

Words near predefection in the dictionary

  1. prededications
  2. prededuct
  3. prededucted
  4. prededucting
  5. prededucts
  6. predefection
  7. predefine
  8. predefined
  9. predefined function
  10. predefined functions
  11. predefines

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