adjacent
as soon as
once
next
fore-
next to
preceding
bookend
succeeding
theretofore
against
predecess
quaffingly
thenceafter
hereupon
in time
antevenient
then-and-now
shortly
whenceafter
premature
beyond
following
subsequently
therebefore
forthcoming
forecoming
predecessive
whereafter
in advance of
antecede
followed by
then
previous to
forego
front
whilst
as
prefinal
forelive
earlier
immediate
ago
pre-existing
beforehand
preexistent
anterior
preexisting
pre-existent
forewrought
new
head
early
presently
perievent
dead ahead
opposite
in advance
prewait
with this
fast
advanced
preburst
post-
advance
thereafter
precompetition
postverbally
being that
cathodically
in the first place
originally
precede
pre
foredamn
until
just in time
to begin with
anteal
before
on the back of
in the beginning
precedently
predisturbance
forewalk
postverbal
predate
as long as
preverbal
dreckley
pre-
prearrival
ahead
at that
adjacent
preceding
succeeding
antevenient
then-and-now
premature
forthcoming
forecoming
predecessive
prefinal
immediate
pre-existing
preexistent
anterior
preexisting
pre-existent
forewrought
new
perievent
early
in advance
prewait
advanced
preburst
advance
precompetition
anteal
predisturbance
postverbal
preverbal
prearrival
next
theretofore
quaffingly
thenceafter
hereupon
shortly
whenceafter
subsequently
therebefore
whereafter
then
earlier
beforehand
early
presently
dead ahead
with this
fast
thereafter
postverbally
cathodically
in the first place
originally
just in time
to begin with
in the beginning
precedently
dreckley
ahead
bookend
predecess
antecede
forego
front
forelive
head
precede
foredamn
forewalk
predate
prep
- In front of; before (a background).
- In contrast or comparison with.
- In a contrary direction to.
- In competition with, versus.
- Close to, alongside.
- In opposition to.
- In physical opposition to; in collision with.
- As protection from.
- Contrary to; in conflict with.
- In anticipation of; in preparation for (a particular time, event etc.).
- In exchange for.
- To be paid now in contrast to the following amount to be paid later under specified circumstances, usually that a movie is made or has started filming.
- As counterbalance to.
- In physical contact with, so as to abut or be supported by.
- Of betting odds, denoting a worse-than-even chance.
- As a charge on.
adj
prep
prep
verb
- To appear before.
- To face up to, to meet head-on, to confront.
- To provide money or financial assistance in advance to.
- To deceive or attempt to deceive someone with false or disingenuous appearances (on).
- To move (a word or clause) to the start of a sentence (or series of adjectives, etc).
- To pronounce with the tongue in a front position.
- To adorn with, at the front; to put on the front.
- To assume false or disingenuous appearances.
- Of an alter in dissociative identity disorder: to be the currently actively presenting member of (a system), in control of the patient's body.
- To act as a front (for); to cover (for).
- To lead or be the spokesperson of (a campaign, organisation etc.).
- To face, be opposite to.
noun
- An area where armies are engaged in conflict, especially the line of contact.
- A major military subdivision of the Soviet Army.
- A grill (jewellery worn on front teeth).
- The foremost side of something or the end that faces the direction it normally moves.
- A seafront or coastal promenade.
- A person or institution acting as the public face of some other, covert group.
- The beginning.
- A field of activity.
- The lateral space occupied by an element measured from the extremity of one flank to the extremity of the other flank.
- An act, show, façade, persona: an intentional and false impression of oneself.
- The most conspicuous part.
- That which covers the foremost part of the head: a front piece of false hair worn by women.
- The side of a building with the main entrance.
- When a combat situation does not exist or is not assumed, the direction toward which the command is faced.
- The direction of the enemy.
- The interface or transition zone between two airmasses of different density, often resulting in precipitation. Since the temperature distribution is the most important regulator of atmospheric density, a front almost invariably separates airmasses of different temperature.
adj
- Closest or nearest, of a set of futures contracts which expire at particular times, or of the times they expire; (typically, the front month or front year is the next calender month or year after the current one).
- Located at or near the front.
- Pronounced with the highest part of the body of the tongue toward the front of the mouth, near the hard palate (most often describing a vowel).
conj
- At the same instant or moment that: when.
- used before a preposition to clarify that the prepositional phrase restricts the meaning of the sentence; specifically.
- Being that, considering that, because, since.
- Varying through time in the same proportion that.
- In the (same) way or manner that; to the (same) degree that.
- Functioning as a relative conjunction, and sometimes like a relative pronoun: that, which, who. (See usage notes.)
- At the same time that, during the same time when: while.
- Expressing concession: though.
- Used after so or as to introduce a comparison.
- Used to introduce a result: with the result that it is.
adv
- Considered to be, in relation to something else; in the relation (specified).
- To such an extent or degree; to the same extent or degree.
- Used to intensify an adjective; very much; extremely
noun
prep
adj
- Coming before or earlier in time or development, prior to, preceding.
- Pronounced with an obstruction located in front of the palato-alveolar region of the mouth, e.g. b, p, d, t.
- (of a part of a flower or leaf) Situated further away from the mainstem.
- Nearer the forward end, especially in the front of the body; nearer the head or forepart of an animal.
adj
- Recently arrived or appeared.
- Refreshed, reinvigorated, reformed.
- Strange, unfamiliar or not previously known.
- Recently made, or created.
- Of recent origin; having taken place recently.
- In original condition; pristine; not previously worn or used.
- Inexperienced or unaccustomed at some task.
- Next; about to begin or recently begun.
- Current or later, as opposed to former.
- Used to distinguish something established more recently, named after something or some place previously existing.
- Additional; recently discovered.
- Newborn.
noun
- A naval cadet who has just embarked on training.
- A typically light-coloured lager brewed by the bottom-fermentation method.
- Things that are new.
verb
adv
verb
- To come at the beginning or front of; to commence.
- To be in command of. (See also head up.)
- To form a head.
- To form a head to; to fit or furnish with a head.
- To strike with the head; as in soccer, to head the ball
- To go in front of.
- To get in the front of, so as to hinder or stop; to oppose.
- To move in a specified direction.
- To check or restrain.
- To remove the head from a fish.
- To originate; to spring; to have its course, as a river.
- To cut off the top of; to lop off.
- To set on the head.
adj
- Of, relating to, or intended for the head.
- Coming from in front.
- Placed at the top or the front.
- Foremost in rank or importance.
noun
- A heavy or habitual user of illicit drugs.
- The end of a hammer, axe, golf club, or similar implement used for striking other objects.
- The end of a pool table opposite the end where the balls have been racked.
- A headdress; a covering for the head.
- A milling head, a part of a milling machine that houses the spindle.
- The end of a rectangular table furthest from the entrance; traditionally considered a seat of honor.
- The uppermost part of a valley.
- The antlers of a deer.
- Mental or emotional aptitude or skill.
- A headache; especially one resulting from intoxication.
- The part of a disk drive responsible for reading and writing data.
- The headstock of a guitar.
- The leafy top part of a tree.
- The top edge of a sail.
- A clump of seeds, leaves or flowers; a capitulum.
- The rounded part of a bone fitting into a depression in another bone to form a ball-and-socket joint.
- The toilet of a ship.
- An ear of wheat, barley, or other small cereal.
- A machine element which reads or writes electromagnetic signals to or from a storage medium.
- Tiles laid at the eaves of a house.
- The end of a nail, screw, bolt, or similar fastener which is opposite the point; usually blunt and relatively wide.
- A drum head, the membrane which is hit to produce sound.
- Headway; progress.
- Mind; one's own thoughts.
- Topic; subject.
- The end of an abscess where pus collects.
- The topmost, foremost, or leading part.
- The glans penis.
- The top part of a lacrosse stick that holds the ball.
- Deposits near the top of a geological succession.
- The source of a river; the end of a lake where a river flows into it.
- The foam that forms on top of beer or other carbonated beverages.
- A headmaster or headmistress.
- Denouement; crisis.
- The end cap of a cylindrically-shaped pressure vessel.
- A person with an extensive knowledge of hip hop.
- The end cap of a cask or other barrel.
- A buildup of fluid pressure, often quantified as pressure head.
- Leader; chief; mastermind.
- Fellatio or cunnilingus; oral sex.
- The cylinder head, a platform above the cylinders in an internal combustion engine, containing the valves and spark plugs.
- An individual person.
- The part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth, and main sense organs.
- The bow of a vessel.
- A morpheme that determines the category of a compound or the word that determines the syntactic type of the phrase of which it is a member.
- The sharp end of an arrow, spear, or pointer.
- The difference in elevation between two points in a column of fluid, and the resulting pressure of the fluid at the lower point.
- The population of game.
- The principal melody or theme of a piece.
- A single animal.
- The place of honour, or of command; the most important or foremost position; the front.
- A headland.
- More generally, energy in a mass of fluid divided by its weight.
prep
adv
noun
- Something opposite or contrary to something else.
- An opponent.
- A person or thing that is entirely different from or the reverse of someone or something else; used to show contrast between two people or two things.
- An antonym.
- An additive inverse.
adj
- Facing in the other direction.
- Of leaves and flowers, positioned directly across from each other on a stem.
- Located directly across from something else, or from each other.
- Of either of two complementary or mutually exclusive things.
- Extremely different; inconsistent; contrary; repugnant; antagonistic.
adv
- Immediately following in place or time; close, very near .
- Deeply or soundly .
- In a firm or secure manner, securely; in such a way as not to be moved; safe, sound .
- Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
- Quickly, with great speed; within a short time .
verb
- (academic) To cause a person or animal to abstain, especially from eating.
- To reduce or limit one's nutrition intake for medical or health reasons, to diet.
- To practice religious abstinence, especially from food.
intj
adj
- Of a place, characterised by business, hustle and bustle, etc.
- Not running or fading when subjected to detrimental conditions such as wetness or intense light; permanent.
- Causing unusual rapidity of play or action.
- Steadfast, with unwavering feeling. (Now mostly in set phrases like fast friend(s).)
- Able to transfer data in a short period of time.
- Firm against attack; fortified by nature or art; impregnable; strong.
- Moving with great speed, or capable of doing so; swift, rapid.
- Having a kinetic energy between 1 million and 20 million electron volts; often used to describe the energy state of free neutrons at the moment of their release by a nuclear fission or nuclear fusion reaction (i.e., before the neutrons have been slowed down by anything).
- Deep or sound (of sleep); fast asleep (of people).
- More sensitive to light than average.
- Ahead of the correct time or schedule.
noun
adj
- situated ahead or going before
- farther along in physical or mental development
- comparatively late in a course of development
- ahead of the times
- at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill
- ahead in development; complex or intricate
- far along in time
- (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry
adj
prefix
adj
noun
- a movement forward
- a change for the better; progress in development
- a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others
- the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)
- an amount paid before it is earned
- increase in price or value
verb
- move forward, also in the metaphorical sense
- bring forward for consideration or acceptance
- increase or raise
- contribute to the progress or growth of
- cause to move forward
- obtain advantages, such as points, etc.
- develop in a positive way
- develop further
- give a promotion to or assign to a higher position
- pay in advance
- move forward
- rise in rate or price
adv
conj
adv
adj
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