predevelopment
- noun
- /ˌpriːdɪˈvɛləpmənt/
- Specialized
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predesarrollo
- Replicating predevelopment infiltration in post-development has been deemed vital to sustaining growth in some communities around the country.
- predevelopment infiltration
Examples
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The project requires funding for predevelopment activities, including feasibility studies and environmental assessments.
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DIAGRAM: Figure 2b. Comparison of predevelopment
Academic text (2006) -
He's been pretty nimble about recognizing and paying the predevelopment costs on the property.
Blog text (22) -
Massachusetts has a similar regulation regarding the replication of predevelopment infiltration rates in the post-development form.
Academic text (2002) -
DIAGRAM: Figure 2a. Changes in groundwater levels in the High Plains aquifer from predevelopment to 2000.
Academic text (2006) -
I decided to approach my problem as though it were a software project in the larval stage, predevelopment, when instinct and inspiration clasp hands and walk through the dark at a pace only they can determine.
Fiction book (1999) -
Stormwater management plans are just now taking into consideration the predevelopment infiltration rates on proposed developments in order to replicate nature's own process of groundwater recharge.
Academic text (2002) -
The city is currently in the predevelopment phase of planning a new park to enhance community space.
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Before construction can begin, several predevelopment tasks such as site analysis and obtaining permits must be completed.
Synonyms
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The planning and preparation before construction work starts
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6.8
An early plan or drawing that people make before the main work begins
Antonyms
How Developed
Surface Forms
Morphology
predevelopment = development (transparent) = pre + develop + ment
Adding 'pre-' to 'development' gives the straightforward meaning 'before development'.
Etymology
Predevelopment starts with pre- meaning 'before' and uses development, which means 'growing' or 'building up'. So predevelopment names the time or work done 'before' development begins, like planning, studies, and getting funding.