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prearranged

pre·ar·range
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pree-uh-reynj]
    • /ˌpri əˈreɪndʒ/
    • /ˌpriː.əˈreɪndʒd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pree-uh-reynj]
    • /ˌpri əˈreɪndʒ/

Definitions of prearranged word

  • verb with object prearranged to arrange in advance or beforehand. 1
  • adjective prearranged You use prearranged to indicate that something has been planned or arranged before the time when it actually happens. 0
  • adjective prearranged having been arranged beforehand 0

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Origin of prearranged

First appearance:

before 1805
One of the 41% newest English words
First recorded in 1805-15; pre- + arrange

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Parts of speech for Prearranged

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

prearranged popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

prearranged usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for prearranged

adj prearranged

  • accidentally on purpose — Deliberately, though apparently accidentally.
  • aforethought — premeditated (esp in the phrase malice aforethought)
  • cinched — a strong girth used on stock saddles, having a ring at each end to which a strap running from the saddle is secured.
  • concerted — A concerted action is done by several people or groups working together.
  • cut and dried — If you say that a situation or solution is cut and dried, you mean that it is clear and definite.

adjective prearranged

  • allotted — to divide or distribute by share or portion; distribute or parcel out; apportion: to allot the available farmland among the settlers.
  • appointed — If something happens at the appointed time, it happens at the time that was decided in advance.
  • circumscribed — to draw a line around; encircle: to circumscribe a city on a map.
  • clinched — Simple past tense and past participle of clinch.
  • coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water

verb prearranged

  • doom — fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
  • fate — something that unavoidably befalls a person; fortune; lot: It is always his fate to be left behind.

Antonyms for prearranged

adjective prearranged

  • disarranged — Simple past tense and past participle of disarrange.

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