different between predy vs pred

English

Etymology

Origin unknown. Possibly from "make the ship ready".

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Adjective

predy (not comparable)

1. (nautical) Ready for action.

Anagrams

• derpy, perdy, pryde

English

Etymology

Shortening.

Noun

pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)

1. (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
   • 1999, "Kevin Alexander Cosmic", Vikki and the Rat (on newsgroup alt.fan.vore)

     Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.

   • 2001, "Xip", FUR:Shasta! (on newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)

     Non-consentual^[sic] is the easy one, eating somebody whether they like it or not, killing them is not necessarily a requirement, and in fact their squirming on the way down may be pleasure to the pred.

2. (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
3. (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
4. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
5. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.
6. (chiefly programming) Abbreviation of predecessor.

   Antonym: succ

Adjective

pred (not comparable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.

Anagrams

• PDRE, derp

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• pr?da

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perd?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /prêd/

Preposition

pr?d (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. (accusative) before, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question k?d)

2. (instrumental) before, in front of, before (without change of position, answering the question gdj?/gd?)

3. (clipping of ispred, accusative) in front of, to the front of, before (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

4. (figuratively, instrumental) in face of, before, facing
5. (regional) ago

   Synonyms: prije, pre

Usage notes

The alternative form pr?da occurs before the enclitic of some personal pronouns to ease the pronunciation:

(me): preda me / preda mnom

(you): preda te / pred tobom

(him): pred nj / pred njim

Related terms

• ispred

Antonyms

• (in front of): iza

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *perd?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pr?t/

Preposition

pred

1. (with accusative) before, in front of (motion to)
2. (with instrumental) before, in front of (stationary)
3. (with instrumental) before, previous to (in time)