Roots, Prefixes, & Suffixes: Unit 16 (meter/metr/pre/fore/ante)

to decide that something which had been planned for a particular time will be done at a later time instead

• forecast

• antebellum

• postbellum

• postpone

occurring in the southern United States before the Civil War

• forecast

• precaution

• antebellum

• antecedent

a statement about what will happen in the future

• forecast

• precaution

• prepone

• postpone

something that is done to prevent possible harm or damage from happening in the future

• precaution

• forecast

• pretest

• antecedent

the profession of examining people's eyes to find out if they need eyeglasses or medical treatment

• optometry

• doctrometer

• perimeter

• symmetry

the distance through the center of a circle or sphere from one side to the other

• diameter

• symmetry

• perimeter

• centimeter

the outside edge of an area or surface or total length of the lines that form a shape

• symmetry

• perimeter

• postpone

• precaution

an instrument used to measure air pressure and predict changes in the weather

• barometer

• perimeter

• millimeter

• centimeter

the quality of something that has two sides or halves that are the same or very close in size, shape, or position

• symmetry

• diameter

• perimeter

• allometer

something that came before something else and may have influenced or caused it

• antebellum

• antecast

• forecast

• antecedent