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preterminal

preterminal adjective: before the end.

Adjective

preterminal (not comparable)

  1. Before the end.

Origin of preterminal

From pre- + terminal.

Questions about preterminal

What does preterminal mean?
Preterminal means before the end.
What part of speech is preterminal?
Preterminal is an adjective.

Words near preterminal in the dictionary

  1. preterlapsed
  2. preterlegal
  3. preterm
  4. pretermer
  5. pretermers
  6. preterminal
  7. preterminally
  8. preterminated
  9. pretermination
  10. preterminations
  11. pretermission

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