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prerecessionary

prerecessionary adjective: prior to a recession.

Adjective

prerecessionary (not comparable)

  1. Prior to a recession.
    • There are no hard times on the red carpet at Cannes, where they know how to party like it’s 1788 or at least like the prerecessionary days of 2008.2009 May 15, Manohla Dargis, “A Less Crowded Cannes, and Perhaps a Silver Lining”, in New York Times

Origin of prerecessionary

From pre- + recessionary.

Questions about prerecessionary

What does prerecessionary mean?
Prerecessionary means prior to a recession.
What part of speech is prerecessionary?
Prerecessionary is an adjective.

Words near prerecessionary in the dictionary

  1. prerealization
  2. prerebellion
  3. prereceptive
  4. prereceptoral
  5. prerecession
  6. prerecessionary
  7. prereconstruction
  8. prerecord
  9. prerecorded
  10. prerecording
  11. prerecordings

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