preelection

English

Alternative forms

• pre-election
• preëlection (dated)

Etymology

From pre- +‎ election.

Noun

preelection (countable and uncountable, plural preelections)

1. An election beforehand.

Adjective

preelection (not comparable)

1. Before an election.

   Synonym: preelectoral

   Antonyms: postelection, postelectoral

   preelection blues

   preelection hype

   preelection polls

Translations

before an election

Armenian: նախընտրական (hy) (naxəntrakan) Belarusian: перадвы́барны (pjeradvýbarny) Greek: προεκλογικός (el) (proeklogikós) Indonesian: prapemilu Polish: przedwyborczy (pl) Russian: предвы́борный (ru) (predvýbornyj) Serbo-Croatian: пре̏дизбо̄рнӣ, prȅdizbōrnī (sh) Ukrainian: передви́борчий (peredvýborčyj)

References

• “preëlection”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.