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pre-existing

adjective

  1. occurring or existing previously
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • ˌpre-exˈistence, noun
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Example Sentences

He noted that Khamenei had a pre-existing condition, but provided no further details.

First, the human recipients of the vaccine will not have pre-existing immunity to it.

The new data bolsters pre-existing concerns about the prevalence of teen use of e-cigarettes.

Most people—at least 95 percent of adults—have pre-existing antibody to measles.

To that end, Shumlin has proposed $10 million in spending between more money for pre-existing programs and the new legislation.

The Spaniards, indeed, feigned to regard them only as a remnant of the rebels who had joined the pre-existing brigand bands.

All we get is a transformation of pre-existing material into new forms.

For all genesis is the combination of a pre-existing matter with a new form, namely, the form of the generated thing.

To a great extent the pre-existing forms of revenue were retained, but were gradually systematized.

Portions of it also disclose rounded masses of pre-existing rocks.

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