(computing) An increment operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being incremented.

(transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon.

(computing) A decrement operation that takes place prior to evaluation of the expression that contains the variable being decremented.

(transitive, computing) To perform such an operation upon.

Prior to decimalisation (specifically the decimalisation of British and Irish currency).

(nautical, military, historical) A late 19th-century or early 20th-century battleship with a small number of big guns (typically no more than four) and a large number of quick-firing medium-caliber guns. It was made largely obsolete in 1906 by the dreadnought type of battleship.

Alternative spelling of preemptive

simple past tense and past participle of pre-record

present participle of pre-record

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of pre-record