PRESERVICE Synonyms

• a movement forward

• a change for the better; progress in development

• a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• an amount paid before it is earned

• increase in price or value

• being ahead of time or need

• situated ahead or going before

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• bring forward for consideration or acceptance

• increase or raise

• contribute to the progress or growth of

• cause to move forward

• obtain advantages, such as points, etc.

• develop in a positive way

• develop further

• give a promotion to or assign to a higher position

• pay in advance

• move forward

• rise in rate or price

• preceding in time or order

• someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

• a preceding occurrence or cause or event

• anything that precedes something similar in time

• the referent of an anaphor; a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun

• earlier in time; previously

• at or in the front

• at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time

• being or occurring at an early stage of development

• of an early stage in the development of a language or literature

• during an early stage

• before the usual time or the time expected

• in good time

• belonging to the distant past

• very young

• expected in the near future

• serving to open or begin

• serving as a base or starting point

• serving as an introduction or preface

• existing or coming before

• of a person who has held and relinquished a position or office

• a minor match preceding the main event

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

• preceding and preparing for something

• preceding and preparing for something

• the head of a religious order; in an abbey the prior is next below the abbot

• earlier in time