pred

Shortening.

pred (countable and uncountable, plural preds)

1. (countable, informal, among vorarephiles) Abbreviation of predator.
   • 1999, "Kevin Alexander Cosmic", Vikki and the Rat (on newsgroup alt.fan.vore)

     Well, I've found it useful to befriend other preds, rather than rebel against them.

   • 2001, "Xip", FUR:Shasta! (on newsgroup fur.artwork.erotica)

     Non-consentual^[sic] is the easy one, eating somebody whether they like it or not, killing them is not necessarily a requirement, and in fact their squirming on the way down may be pleasure to the pred.

2. (countable, informal) Abbreviation of predicate.
3. (informal) Abbreviation of predefinition.
4. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisone.
5. (uncountable, medicine) Abbreviation of prednisolone.

pred (not comparable)

1. (informal) Abbreviation of predefined.

• derp

• prȅda

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

• IPA^(key): /prêd/

prȅd (Cyrillic spelling пре̏д)

1. (+ accusative case) in front of, to the front of (with change of position, answering the question kùda)

   s(j)ȅdni prȅda me ― sit in front of me

2. (+ accusative case) just before, shortly before (of occurrence, answering the question kȁd)

   prȅd rȁt ― just before the war

3. (+ instrumental case) before, in front of (without change of position, answering the question gdjȅ/gdȅ)

   S(j)ȅdim prȅd kȕćōm. ― I'm sitting in front of the house.

4. (figuratively) (+ instrumental case) in face of, facing

The alternative form prȅda occurs before the enclitic of the personal pronoun to ease the pronunciation:

prȅda me

prȅda te

prȅda se

prȅda nj

prȅda mnōm

1. ispred

• (in front of): iza

From Proto-Slavic *perdъ.

• IPA^(key): /prɛt/, /prɛd/
• Tonal orthography: pred

pred

1. (with accusative) before, in front of (motion to)
2. (with instrumental) before, in front of (stationary)
3. (with instrumental) before, previous to (in time)