me and my bother have been fighting about this for hours i believe it is before but he seems to think it means after can someone please leave a answer and a link to proof :)
2007-07-08 18:53:22 · 7 answers · asked by stacystacy12345 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
POST, in this case, refers to "something that occurs immediately AFTER something happens--such as post war--and remains such unless it occurs again.
ANTE means "before"--such as antebellum, referred to the era before the Civil War; anteroom--a room at the front of a house that leads to other rooms, or a waiting room (like in a clinic or hospital).PRE also means before, such as the "preface" of a book means the pages that come before chapter 1. Your brother is right.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/post-
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ante-
2007-07-08 19:51:53 · answer #1 · answered by jan51601 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
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me and my bother have been fighting about this for hours i believe it is before but he seems to think it means after can someone please leave a answer and a link to proof :)
2015-08-19 04:57:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Post means after.
Pre means before.
Sorry to have to side with your brother, but he's right. I'll post a link if you really need one, but it would be in any dictionary.
2007-07-08 19:01:08 · answer #3 · answered by David T 4 · 6⤊ 0⤋
After! I'm afraid your brother was right here is what i found on dictionary.com
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source
post-
a prefix, meaning “behind,” “after,” “later,” “subsequent to,” “posterior to,” occurring originally in loanwords from Latin (postscript), but now used freely in the formation of compound words (post-Elizabethan; postfix; postgraduate; postorbital).
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[Origin: < L, comb. form repr. post (adv. and prep.)]
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Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
2007-07-08 20:02:56 · answer #4 · answered by Posh 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's after. Before would be pre. myword.info and wikepedia can help. Sorry, I hate to lose arguments with my brother!
2007-07-08 19:00:58 · answer #5 · answered by EC Expert 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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2007-07-08 20:20:31 · answer #6 · answered by Manz 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
After. Do you have a dictionary in your house?
2007-07-08 18:59:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
'Post' means 'after', so 'post-WWII' means after WWII.
'Pre' means before.
2007-07-08 18:58:09 · answer #8 · answered by Jeff S 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
after...sorry but your brother is correct
2007-07-08 18:57:55 · answer #9 · answered by jnlr4 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋