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- [pri-veen-yuh nt]
- /prɪˈvin yənt/
- /prɪvˈiːnɪənt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [pri-veen-yuh nt]
- /prɪˈvin yənt/
Definitions of prevenient word
- adjective prevenient coming before; antecedent. 1
- adjective prevenient anticipatory. 1
- adjective prevenient coming before; anticipating or preceding 0
- adjective prevenient going before; preceding 0
- adjective prevenient anticipating; expectant 0
- adjective prevenient antecedent to human action 0
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Origin of prevenient
First appearance:
before 1600 One of the 39% oldest English words
1600-10; < Latin praevenient- (stem of praeveniēns) coming before, present participle of praevenīre to anticipate. See pre-, convenient
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Parts of speech for Prevenient
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
prevenient popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
prevenient usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for prevenient
adj prevenient
- abovementioned — mentioned or written above: The role was sung by the abovementioned Mr. Phillips.
- aforementioned — If you refer to the aforementioned person or subject, you mean the person or subject that has already been mentioned.
- brand new — entirely new.
- 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.
adjective prevenient
- above — If one thing is above another one, it is directly over it or higher than it.
- defending — making a defence
- forerunning — Present participle of forerun.
- heretofore — before this time; until now.
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