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Meaning of "preadaptive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PREADAPTIVE

preadaptive  [ˌpriːəˈdæptɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREADAPTIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Preadaptive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PREADAPTIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of preadaptive in the English dictionary

The definition of preadaptive in the dictionary is tending to preadapt, causing preadaptation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREADAPTIVE


absorptive
əbˈsɔːptɪv
adaptive
əˈdæptɪv
adoptive
əˈdɒptɪv
adsorptive
ədˈsɔːptɪv
captive
ˈkæptɪv
contraceptive
ˌkɒntrəˈsɛptɪv
deceptive
dɪˈsɛptɪv
descriptive
dɪˈskrɪptɪv
disruptive
dɪsˈrʌptɪv
exaptive
ekˈsæptɪv
inadaptive
ˌɪnəˈdæptɪv
maladaptive
ˌmæləˈdæptɪv
nociceptive
ˌnəʊsɪˈsɛptɪv
nonadaptive
ˌnɒnəˈdæptɪv
perceptive
pəˈsɛptɪv
pre-emptive
prɪˈɛmptɪv
prescriptive
prɪˈskrɪptɪv
presumptive
prɪˈzʌmptɪv
proprioceptive
ˌprəʊprɪəˈsɛptɪv
receptive
rɪˈsɛptɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREADAPTIVE

preachy
preacquaint
preacquaintance
preacquisition
preacquisition profit
preact
preadamic
preadamite
preadapt
preadaptation
preadjust
preadmission
preadmit
preadmonish
preadmonition
preadolescence
preadolescent
preadult
preaged
preagricultural

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREADAPTIVE

acceptive
active
assumptive
conceptive
consumptive
corruptive
eruptive
exemptive
exteroceptive
heir presumptive
inceptive
interceptive
interoceptive
interruptive
nondisruptive
proscriptive
resorptive
sorptive
subscriptive
transumptive
unreceptive

Synonyms and antonyms of preadaptive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «preadaptive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREADAPTIVE

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The translations of preadaptive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «preadaptive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

preadaptive
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

preadaptativa
570 millions of speakers

English

preadaptive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

preadaptive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

preadaptive
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

preadaptive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

preadaptive
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

preadaptive
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

preadaptive
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Preadaptive
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

preadaptive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

preadaptive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

preadaptive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Preadaptive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

preadaptive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

preadaptive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वपक्षीय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

preadaptive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

preadaptive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

preadaptive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

preadaptive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

preadaptive
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

preadaptive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

preadaptive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

preadaptive
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

preadaptive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of preadaptive

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREADAPTIVE»

The term «preadaptive» is barely ever used and occupies the 205.914 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREADAPTIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about preadaptive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREADAPTIVE»

Discover the use of preadaptive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to preadaptive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Evolution
In other words, these mutants shared a common preadaptive origin on the master plate and did not arise postadaptively because of a Lamarckian response to a stimulus by the selective medium." Genetic Polymorphism: The Widespread ...
Monroe W. Strickberger, 2005
2
Cave Biology: Life in Darkness
Life in Darkness Aldemaro Romero. Table 3.3 Fish families with troglomorphic representatives If any of the putative 'preadaptive' features had been reported in the family, that family was placed in the column of 'preadapted' families; otherwise, ...
Aldemaro Romero, 2009
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Cave Biology: Life in Darkness
Life in Darkness Aldemaro Romero Díaz. Table 3.3 Fish families with troglomorphic representatives If any of the putative 'preadaptive' features had been reported in the family, that family was placed in the column of 'preadapted' families; ...
Aldemaro Romero Díaz, 2009
4
Perspectives on Genetics: Anecdotal, Historical, and ...
March 1989 Replica Plating and Indirect Selection of Bacterial Mutants Isolation of Preadaptive Mutants in Bacteria by Sib Selection Joshua Lederberg The Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021 April 1989 Twenty-five Years Ago ...
James Franklin Crow, William F. Dove, 2000
5
African Ecology and Human Evolution
The pelvic modifications were probably associated with changes which were not primarily concerned with locomotion, but which rendered the pelvis preadaptive for erect posture. That is to say that the changes responsible for making the ...
François Bourlière, Clark F. Howell, 2013
6
State Learning and International Change
Some innovations may be "preadaptive" in that they facilitate an event that happens in the future (Gould 1980, chap. 1). For example, British colonizing of North America laid the groundwork for the founding of the United States. The colonists ...
Andrew Farkas, 1998
7
Recombination and Meiosis: Models, Means, and Evolution
A certain feature is ascribed a preadaptive value if it is reused in a functional setup that is markedly different from its original role, especially if it is coupled with some degree of redundancy, such as duplication and subsequent specialization of ...
Richard Egel, Dirk-Henner Lankenau, 2008
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Vygotsky Today: On the Verge of Non-classical Psychology
evolution (A.G. Asmolov, S.A. Smirnov, M.V. Tendriakova). The question about the origins of Homo Sapiens in anthropogenesis is thus linked with the search of preadaptive redundant behavioral forms existing alongside with making and using ...
Aleksandr Grigorʹevich Asmolov, 1998
9
Raising the Alarm: An Examination of Innovation and ...
Let us now ask two questions: [i] which constellation of self-selected circumstances has the strongest preadaptive capacity for “5”? and [ii], which constellation of self-selected circumstances is most likely to produce “6”? The answers to ...
Robert Andrew Este, 2013
10
Primate Evolution and Human Origins
The pelvic modifications were associated with changes which were not primarily concerned with locomotion, but which rendered the pelvis preadaptive for erect posture. That is to say that the changes responsible for making the change in ...
John G. Fleagle

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREADAPTIVE»

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Did homonins learn to walk upright in trees before walking upright …
In doing so, they have reinvigorated the debate over the emergence of behaviors preadaptive to bipedalism, and have shifted the focus back ... «ScienceBlogs, Jun 07»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Preadaptive [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/preadaptive>. May 2024 ».
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