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to prestate

to prestate

8.9
To tell or write something before it is needed
  • verb
  • /priːˈsteɪt/
translation icon : preestablecer
  • Before the event, the organizer wanted to prestate the schedule to ensure everyone was prepared.

Examples

  • The specific purposes of ACP Journal Club are to detect, using prestated criteria, the best original and review articles on the cause, course, diagnosis, clinical prediction, prevention, treatment, or economics of medical disorders managed by internists and related subspecialists, and on quality improvement and continuing medical education intervention trials in internal medicine.

    Academic text (2007)

  • The committee decided to prestate their expectations for the project before it officially started.

  • She chose to prestate her opinion on the new policy during the meeting, hoping to influence the discussion.

Synonyms

to predefine
vsto prestate
3 5.1

Decide and set something before it is needed

is more about declaring than fixing rules or parameters
to prespecify
vsto prestate
1 7.8

Decide or say something before an event starts

is more about announcing rather than choosing or fixing

Surface Forms

prestate infinitive
prestated past
prestated past participle
prestating present participle
prestates third person singular

Morphology

prestate = state (transparent) = pre + state

The meaning is directly predictable as 'state beforehand' from the common prefix 'pre-' plus the verb 'state'.

Etymology

Prestate combines pre- ('before') and state ('to say' or 'declare'), the same state you see in statement. So, to prestate is to say or list something 'before' it happens, like giving rules or expectations in advance.