pretonically
Phonetics
adverb
In respect of the syllable or vowel immediately preceding a stressed or accented syllable.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in Review of English Studies.
- commissioning editor
- commissionise
- commissionize
- commissionless
- commission man
- commission merchant
- commission note
- commission officer
- commission of the peace
- commission rank
- commissionship
- commission store
- commissive
- commissively
- commissorial
- commissural
- commissure
- commissurotomy
- commis voyageur
- commit
- commitment
- commitment ceremony
- commitment fee
- commitment letter
- commitment order