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prefight

prefight adjective: occurring before a fight.

Adjective

prefight (not comparable)

  1. Occurring before a fight.
    • Royce Gracie, a pioneer of the sport, tested positive for the steroid nandrolone; Tim Persey tested positive for methamphetamine; and Johnnie Morton, a former N.F.L. receiver making his M.M.A. debut, had a higher-than-normal ratio of testosterone to epitestosterone in a prefight test, then declined...2007 July 3, Michael Weinreb, “Drug Testing Hasn't Grown With a Sport”, in New York Times

Antonyms of prefight

Origin of prefight

From pre- + fight.

Questions about prefight

What does prefight mean?
Prefight means occurring before a fight.
What part of speech is prefight?
Prefight is an adjective.

Words near prefight in the dictionary

  1. prefidence
  2. prefidences
  3. prefident
  4. prefield
  5. prefigation
  6. prefight
  7. prefigurable
  8. prefigurate
  9. prefigurated
  10. prefigurates
  11. prefigurating

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