pre, prep.
(priː)
[A further development of pre- B. 2 c; cf. post prep. 6.]
= before prep. 8.
Usu. found in contexts where before would be equally appropriate and more agreeable.—R.W.B.
| 1973 G. Sims Hunters Point xiii. 119 ‘Have you tried phoning David's friends in Los Angeles?’..‘They are all pre my era and I don't know their names.’ 1975 H. Kissinger in Dept. of State Bull. 6 Oct. 532 Pre my being in office; those decisions were made in the previous Administration. |