| Term | Definition |
| predict | to tell what one thinks will happen in the future |
| prevent | to keep something from happening before it happens |
| preview | a view or showing ahead of time |
| precaution | care or an action taken ahead of time against danger or failure |
| prefer | to choose first or like better |
| previous | happening or coming before |
| prenatal | before birth, or during pregnancy |
| pre-owned | owned by someone else before now |
| prelude | a part that come before |
| preoccupied | having your attention already taken up by something so you are not paying attention around you |
| prequel | a book or story or movie that is set before something that has already been written |
| predispose | to make something more likely to happen, before it does |
| preamble | an introductory statement before an important statement |
| preempt | to take over something |
| preface | introductory remarks |
| preprandial | before the evening meal |