pre-election
English
Etymology
From pre- + election
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹiːɪˈlekʃən/
Adjective
pre-election (not comparable)
- Alternative form of preelection
- 1964 August, “Editorial: Dr. B lights a pre-election fuse”, in Modern Railways, page 76:
- At least Dr. Beeching can no longer be accused by anyone of disinterest in railways, after the king-sized squib he flung into one of the particularly combustible pre-election topics - transport - at the end of June.
References
- “pre-election” in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press.