preorder (third-person singular simple present preorders, present participle preordering, simple past and past participle preordered)
(transitive) To order (goods or services) in advance, before they are available.
(transitive) To sort or arrange beforehand.
preorder (plural preorders)
An order for goods or services placed in advance.
(set theory, order theory) A binary relation that is reflexive and transitive.
• (binary relation that is reflexive and transitive): quasiorder
• (binary relation that is reflexive and transitive)
partial order
total order
well-order
preorder (not comparable)
(computing theory, of a traversal of a tree) Such that, recursively, the root is visited before the left and right subtrees.
• inorder
• postorder
• depth-first
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*or"der, v. t.
Definition: To order to arrange beforehand; to foreordain. Sir W. Hamilton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 January 2025
(verb) leave undone or leave out; “How could I miss that typo?”; “The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
