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pretertiary

pretertiary adjective: earlier than Tertiary.

Adjective

pretertiary (not comparable)

  1. Earlier than Tertiary.
  2. Before tertiary education.

Origin of pretertiary

From pre- + tertiary.

Questions about pretertiary

What does pretertiary mean?
Pretertiary means earlier than Tertiary.
What part of speech is pretertiary?
Pretertiary is an adjective.

Words near pretertiary in the dictionary

  1. preterpluperfects
  2. preterrational
  3. preterrestrial
  4. preterritorial
  5. pretersensual
  6. pretertiary
  7. pretervection
  8. Pretes
  9. pretest
  10. pretested
  11. pretester

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