pred

Abbreviation of various words.

pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)

1. (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
   • 1999, Kevin Alexander Cosmic, “Vikki and the Rat”, in alt.fan.vore (Usenet):

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

   • 2001, Xip, “FUR:Shasta!”, in fur.artwork.erotica (Usenet):

     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

pred (not comparable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.

• PDRE, derp

• prȅda

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

• IPA^(key): /prêd/

prȅd (Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)

1. (accusative) before, just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)

   pred rat ― just before the war

2. (instrumental) before, in front of, before (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)

   S(j)edim pred kȕćōm. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.

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

   S(j)edni preda me. ― Sit in front of me.

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

   Synonyms: prije, pre

   To se dogodilo pred 150 godina. ― That happened 150 years ago.

The alternative form prȅda 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

• (antonym(s) of “in front of”): iza

• ispred

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

• IPA^(key): /prɛt/

pred

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