Definition of pre-read - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

readingread in advance before an event

She decided to pre-read the book before the class discussion.

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Adjective

preparationprepared by reading beforehand

She felt confident due to her pre-read notes.

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Origin of pre-read

Latin, prae (before) + Old English, rædan (to read)

Examples of pre-read in a sentence

Students were asked to pre-read the chapter for homework.
Her pre-read materials were neatly organized.
The pre-read chapters helped him understand the lecture better.

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French:prélire, préalablement lu, ...
German:vorab lesen, vorbereitet durch Lesen, ...
Italian:leggere in anticipo, letto in anticipo, ...
Spanish:pre-leer, leído de antemano, ...
Portuguese:ler antecipadamente, previamente lido, ...
Chinese:预读, 事先阅读的, ...
Japanese:事前に読む, 読んで準備された, ...
Arabic:قَرَأَ مُسْبَقًا, مَقْرُوء مُسْبَقًا, ...
Hebrew:לִקְרוֹא מֵרֹאשׁ, נִקְרָא מֵרֹאשׁ, ...
Russian:предварительно прочитать, подготовленный заранее, ...
Ukrainian:прочитати заздалегідь, підготовлений шляхом читання, ...
Hindi:अग्रिम पठन करना, पढ़कर तैयार, ...
Bengali:আগে পড়া, পূর্বপাঠিত, ...
Catalan:pre-llegir, prellegit, ...
Czech:přečíst si předem, předem přečtený, ...
Danish:forlæse, forberedt ved læsning, ...
Dutch:voorlezen, voorbereid door te lezen, ...
Greek:προ-διαβάζω, προετοιμασμένος με διάβασμα, ...
Hungarian:előre elolvasni, előkészített, ...
Khmer:អានជាមុន, ដែលបានអានជាមុន, ...
Korean:미리 읽다, 읽고 준비된, ...
Persian:پیش‌خواندن, آماده شده با خواندن, ...
Polish:przeczytać wcześniej, wcześniej przeczytany, ...
Portuguese (BR):pré-ler, previamente lido, ...
Romanian:a pre-citi, pregătit prin citire, ...
Swedish:förläsa, förberedd genom läsning, ...
Thai:อ่านล่วงหน้า, เตรียมอ่านล่วงหน้า, ...
Turkish:önceden okumak, önceden hazırlanmış, ...
Vietnamese:đọc trước, chuẩn bị bằng cách đọc, ...

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