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pretelevision

pretelevision adjective: before the introduction of television.

Adjective

pretelevision (not comparable)

  1. Before the introduction of television.
    • Almost all of the memorable pretelevision radio programming was provided by one of the major radio networks.1989, Bob Schulberg, Radio Advertising: The Authoritative Handbook, page 57
    • Few of these owners had been around in the pretelevision days.2012, David Halberstam, The Breaks of the Game, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    pretelevisual

Synonyms of pretelevision

Origin of pretelevision

From pre- + television.

Questions about pretelevision

What does pretelevision mean?
Pretelevision means before the introduction of television.
What part of speech is pretelevision?
Pretelevision is an adjective.

Words near pretelevision in the dictionary

  1. pretelegraphic
  2. pretelegraphy
  3. pretelephone
  4. pretelephonic
  5. pretelescopic
  6. pretelevision
  7. pretelevisual
  8. pretell
  9. pretelling
  10. pretells
  11. pretelson

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