Meaning & use
pre-meet
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Meanings
nouncountableinformal
A meeting held before a main event to prepare, plan, or give information.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a pre-meet' or 'two pre-meets'. Often written without a hyphen as 'premeet'.
Patterns
- hold a pre-meet
- at the pre-meet
- a pre-meet with someone
We had a quick pre-meet to agree on our strategy before the conference.
The organizers held a pre-meet for all the team captains.
adjectivebefore a nounsport
Happening or done before a race or competition, especially in track and field or swimming.
Grammar: Comes before a noun and is not usually used after a verb: pre-meet nerves, not 'the nerves were pre-meet'.
Patterns
- pre-meet warm-up
- pre-meet nerves
- pre-meet routine
She follows the same pre-meet routine at every competition.
His pre-meet nerves disappeared as soon as the race started.
Word forms
| plural | pre-meets |
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Common combinations
- hold a pre-meet
- The coaches decided to hold a pre-meet the night before the final.
- pre-meet warm-up
- The swimmers began their pre-meet warm-up at six.
- pre-meet nerves
- Even experienced athletes get pre-meet nerves.
- a pre-meet with the organizers
- We scheduled a pre-meet with the organizers to check the schedule.
Synonyms and how they differ
- briefing
- A briefing is a formal session where information is given; a pre-meet is less formal and simply happens before an event.
- preliminary meeting
- This is the full, neutral phrase for the same idea; 'pre-meet' is shorter and more casual.
- warm-up
- A warm-up is physical preparation; a pre-meet can be a discussion or planning session as well.
Word family
- meet noun
- a sports competition or, more generally, a gathering
Commonly confused: pre-meet or premiere? pre-meet or pre-med?
pre-meet vs premiere
'Premiere' sounds similar but means the first public performance of a film or show, not a preparatory meeting.
pre-meet vs pre-med
'Pre-med' refers to study preparing for medical school; it is unrelated to meetings or sports.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'pre-meet' most naturally?
Choose one answer.
'Pre-meet' is most often an adjective before a noun in sports, as in 'pre-meet stretches'. Option 2 wrongly uses it as a verb. Option 3 treats it as a regular social habit, which is not its meaning. Option 4 confuses it with something you can eat or taste.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “pre-meet”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.