⏳ Before practice 🗓️ Preparation session

prepractice

5.3

Happening before a practice to help people get ready

adjective
/priˈpræktɪs/

: prepráctica

The players arrived early for a prepractice warm-up to enhance their performance.
prepractice heart rate

Examples

The team conducted a prepractice review to ensure everyone understood the strategy.
As part of the training, the coach organized a prepractice meeting to discuss goals.
In Figure 2, the change in prepractice heart rate, in particular, shows a change from a decreasing prepractice heart rate to a higher and increasing prepractice heart rate. Moreover, Figure 2 shows that the athlete was less cheerful than baseline during the increasing heart rate period that also mirrored illness symptoms (not shown).

Academic text (2000)
In Figure 2, the change in prepractice heart rate, in particular, shows a change from a decreasing prepractice heart rate to a higher and increasing prepractice heart rate. Moreover, Figure 2 shows that the athlete was less cheerful than baseline during the increasing heart rate period that also mirrored illness symptoms (not shown).

Academic text (2000)
In Figure 2, the change in prepractice heart rate, in particular, shows a change from a decreasing prepractice heart rate to a higher and increasing prepractice heart rate. Moreover, Figure 2 shows that the athlete was less cheerful than baseline during the increasing heart rate period that also mirrored illness symptoms (not shown).

Academic text (2000)

Synonyms

preparatory

vsprepractice

15 4.7

To help get ready for something

is specific to activities done before a practice session rather than general preparation

propaedeutic

vsprepractice

Formal

9.9

Acting as an introduction that prepares students for later study in a subject

is used before a practice session as a practical preparation rather than formal instruction

preparative

vsprepractice

6.8

Done earlier to get something ready

is timed before a practice session rather than simply done in advance

Surface Forms

prepractice positive

Morphology

prepractice = practice (transparent) = pre + practice

The prefix 'pre-' straightforwardly means 'before', so 'prepractice' is readily understood as something occurring before practice.

Etymology

Prepractice is made from the prefix pre- meaning 'before' and the word practice. So, as an adjective, prepractice describes something that happens 'before' a practice session, like a warm-up or a short team meeting.