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prepromise

prepromise adjective: before a promise is made.

Adjective

prepromise (not comparable)

  1. Before a promise is made.
    • Nevertheless, these texts are found in the prepromise layers of the Jacob and Joseph materials, and they anticipate elements in the Northern Kingdom of Israel.1996, David McLain Carr, Reading the Fractures of Genesis, page 226
    • […] including only panel data for prepromise years, and assign a synthetic treatment to years in which the policy was not present.2020, Laura W. Perna, Edward J. Smith, Improving Research-Based Knowledge of College Promise Programs, page 160

Origin of prepromise

From pre- + promise.

Questions about prepromise

What does prepromise mean?
Prepromise means before a promise is made.
What part of speech is prepromise?
Prepromise is an adjective.

Words near prepromise in the dictionary

  1. preprojective
  2. preprolactin
  3. preprolactins
  4. preproliferative
  5. prepromelanin
  6. prepromise
  7. prepromotion
  8. preproneuropeptide
  9. preproneuropeptides
  10. prepronociceptin
  11. prepronominal

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