Premonitory, a. Betokening, indicating, indicative, warning, foretokening.
Preoccupation, n.
- 1. Prior occupation, previous occupation, earlier possession.
- 2. Prepossession.
- 3. Abstraction, inattention, inadvertence, inadvertency, revery, musing, absence, muse, absence of mind,
brown study.
Preoccupied, a. Inattentive, abstracted, absent, absent-minded, lost, dreaming, musing, in a brown study, unobservant, inadvertent.
Preordain, v. a. Predetermine, pre-establish, foreordain, predestinate, predestine, foredoom, appoint beforehand.
Preparation, n.
- 1. Act of preparing, making ready, arrangement, plan.
- 2. State of being prepared, preparedness, adaptedness, case, condition, readiness.
- 3. Combination, confection.
- 4. Qualification fitting.
Preparative, a. Antecedently necessary, preparatory, qualifying, fitting.
Preparative, n. Preparation.
Preparatory, a. Introductory, preliminary, prefatory, previous, antecedent.
Prepare, v. a.
- 1. Fit, adapt, qualify, adjust.
- 2. Provide, procure, get ready, put in order, arrange, order, make, plan.
Prepare, v. n. Get ready, put things in order, set one’s house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps.
Prepense, a. Devised or contrived beforehand, premeditated, aforethought.
Preponderance, n.
- 1. Outweighing, preponderating.