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- [pres-toh]
- /ˈprɛs toʊ/
- /ˈprestəʊ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pres-toh]
- /ˈprɛs toʊ/
Definitions of presto word
- adverb presto quickly, rapidly, or immediately. 1
- adverb presto at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction). 1
- adjective presto quick or rapid. 1
- adjective presto executed at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction). 1
- noun plural presto Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo. 1
- adverb presto music: rapidly 1
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Origin of presto
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Italian: quick, quickly < Late Latin praestus (adj.) ready, Latin praestō (adv.) at hand
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Parts of speech for Presto
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
presto popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 79% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
presto usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for presto
adv presto
- at once — If you do something at once, you do it immediately.
- early — in or during the first part of a period of time, a course of action, a series of events, etc.: early in the year.
- fleetly — swift; rapid: to be fleet of foot; a fleet horse.
- full tilt — at the full potential, speed, energy, forcefulness, etc.
- hurriedly — moving or working rapidly, especially forced or required to hurry, as a person.
adj presto
- blue streak — anything regarded as like a streak of lightning in speed, vividness, etc.
- chop chop — pidgin English for quickly
- chop-chop — with haste; quickly.
- double-time — to cause to move in double time: Double-time the troops to the mess hall.
- hypersonic — noting or pertaining to speed that is at least five times that of sound in the same medium.
interjection presto
- abracadabra — Abracadabra is a word that someone says when they are performing a magic trick in order to make the magic happen.
adverb presto
- expeditiously — In an expeditious manner.
- freshly — Newly; recently.
adjective presto
- expeditive — (obsolete) Performing with speed.
- fast — moving or able to move, operate, function, or take effect quickly; quick; swift; rapid: a fast horse; a fast pain reliever; a fast thinker.
- quickly — with speed; rapidly; very soon.
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