preorder

priˈɔrdər

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Definition of preorder - Reverso English Dictionary

Verb

tr.

advance purchaseorder goods or services before they are available

I decided to preorder the new book.

book

reserve

arrangement

Rare

arrange or sort items beforehand

Rare

We need to preorder the files for the meeting.

prearrange

Noun

commerceorder placed in advance for goods

I made a preorder for the new phone.

advance booking

reservation

computer science

TECH.

traversal of a tree data structure

TECH.

The algorithm uses preorder to visit nodes.

set theory

TECH.

binary relation that is reflexive and transitive

TECH.

The preorder relation is crucial in this mathematical proof.

preordering

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Origin of preorder

Latin, prae (before) + ordinem (order)

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preordered

adj.

set theory

equipped with a preorder relation

Examples of preorder in a sentence

I will preorder the latest smartphone model.
You can preorder the book online.
They decided to preorder the concert tickets.
The preorder for the concert tickets sold out quickly.
He placed a preorder for the limited edition book.
Preorder traversal is crucial for this algorithm.

Understanding preorder helps in solving tree problems.
Understanding preorder helps in grasping complex mathematical concepts.
The lecture focused on the application of preorder in algorithms.

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French:précommander, précommande, ...
German:vorbestellen, Vorbestellung, ...
Italian:preordinare, preordine, ...
Spanish:reservar, pedido anticipado, ...
Portuguese:reservar, pré-encomenda, ...
Chinese:预订, 前序遍历, ...
Japanese:予約注文する, 予約注文, ...
Arabic:طَلَبَ مُسْبَقًا, طَلَب مُسْبَق, ...
Hebrew:לְהַזְמִין מֵרֹאשׁ, הַזְמָנָה מֵרֹאשׁ, ...
Russian:предзаказывать, предзаказ, ...
Ukrainian:попередньо замовляти, передзамовлення, ...
Hindi:अग्रिम बुक करना, अग्रिम आदेश, ...
Bengali:অগ্রিম অর্ডার করা, আগাম অর্ডার, ...
Catalan:precomanar, precomanda, ...
Czech:předobjednat, předobjednávka, ...
Danish:forudbestille, forudbestilling, ...
Dutch:voorbestellen, pre-order, ...
Greek:προπαραγγέλλω, προπαραγγελία, ...
Hungarian:előrendelni, előrendelés, ...
Khmer:បញ្ជាទិញទុកជាមុន, ការបញ្ជាទិញជាមុន, ...
Korean:사전 주문하다, 사전 주문, ...
Persian:پیش‌سفارش دادن, پیش‌سفارش, ...
Polish:zamówić w przedsprzedaży, przedzamówienie, ...
Portuguese (BR):encomendar, pré-compra, ...
Romanian:a precomanda, precomandă, ...
Swedish:förbeställa, förbeställning, ...
Thai:สั่งจองล่วงหน้า, การสั่งซื้อล่วงหน้า, ...
Turkish:ön sipariş vermek, ön sipariş, ...
Vietnamese:đặt trước, đơn đặt trước, ...

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