Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To order or arrange beforehand; prearrange; foreordain.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
order (goods) in advance, before they areavailable . - noun set theory A
binary relation that isreflexive andtransitive . - adjective computing theory Of a
tree traversal ,recursively visiting theroot before theleft andright subtrees .
Etymologies
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Examples
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ETA: Well, crap, now the preorder is gone from the Amazon listing again, even though they have the price listed as $7.99.
January 16th, 2006 2006
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Ms. Noonan is a contributing editor of The Wall Street Journal and author of "John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father," forthcoming in November from Penguin, which you can preorder from the OpinionJournal bookstore.
A Separate Peace - PEGGY NOONAN peaknik 2005
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Ms. Noonan is a contributing editor of The Wall Street Journal and author of "John Paul the Great: Remembering a Spiritual Father," forthcoming in November from Penguin, which you can preorder from the OpinionJournal bookstore.
Archive 2005-10-01 Cass Dems 2005
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Now, I'm not against the idea of preorder bonuses at all - I think it's great that customers be rewarded for their loyalty to favorite franchises, developers, or marketing campaigns.
GameSpot's News, Screenshots, Movies, Reviews, Previews, Downloads, and Features 2010
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The game is available as a "preorder," according to the company's website.
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The Sorcerer's House by Gene Wolfe is available for preorder.
February 2010 2010
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Kim Newman's third Diogenes Club collection, Mysteries of the Diogenes Club, is now available for preorder from MonkeyBrain Books.
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Despite what the cover says, it is NOT an 8 disc set (though likely 8 DVDs worth of stuff), it is a 4 disc set, 1 of which is a DVD. $59 at Best Buy, Amazon preorder price is $39.
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Have it on preorder on Amazon for October ... between this and Marky Mark I had to come out of hiding to say thanks for making me have a honest laugh this week!
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Kim Newman's third Diogenes Club collection, Mysteries of the Diogenes Club, is now available for preorder from MonkeyBrain Books.
March 2010 2010
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