prelude
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～ serve as a prelude or opening to
premeditate
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～ consider, ponder, or plan (an action) beforehand; "premeditated murder"
premeditate
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～ think or reflect beforehand or in advance; "I rarely premeditate, which is a mistake"
premier
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～ perform a work for the first time
premier
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～ be performed for the first time; "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"
premiere
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～ be performed for the first time; "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"
premiere
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～ perform a work for the first time
premise
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～ take something as preexisting and given
premise
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～ set forth beforehand, often as an explanation; "He premised these remarks so that his readers might understand"
premise
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～ furnish with a preface or introduction; "She always precedes her lectures with a joke"; "He prefaced his lecture with a critical remark about the institution"
premiss
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～ take something as preexisting and given
preoccupy
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～ occupy or take possession of beforehand or before another or appropriate for use in advance; "the army preoccupied the hills"
preoccupy
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～ engage or engross the interest or attention of beforehand or occupy urgently or obsessively; "His work preoccupies him"; "The matter preoccupies her completely--she cannot think of anything else"
preordain
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～ foreordain or determine beforehand
prepare for
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～ prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
prepare
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～ educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
prepare
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～ undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"