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prespeech

prespeech adjective: before speech.

Adjective

prespeech (not comparable)

  1. Before speech.

Noun

prespeech (uncountable)

  1. mouth movements made by infants, regarded as a precursor to the development of speech

Origin of prespeech

From pre- + speech.

Questions about prespeech

What does prespeech mean?
Prespeech means before speech.
What part of speech is prespeech?
Prespeech can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prespeech in the dictionary

  1. prespecified
  2. prespecifies
  3. prespecify
  4. prespecifying
  5. prespeculation
  6. prespeech
  7. prespermatogonia
  8. prespermatogonial
  9. prespermatogonium
  10. presphenoid
  11. presphenoidal

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