Russian–English dictionary

пред-

(non-productive) Prior to in time. · pred-

предава́ть

(transitive) To entrust or commit to the care of someone else. · predavat

предаваться

To give way to (a habit or temptation); to not oppose or restrain. · predavatsya

преда́ние

A story of unknown origin describing plausible but extraordinary past events. · predaniye

пре́данно

In a loyal manner, faithfully. · predanno

пре́данность

Persistent attachment or loyalty. · predannost

пре́данный

Devoted; loyal; conscientious. · predannyy

предатель

An informer. · predatel

преда́тельница

(informal) A scab: a worker who acts against trade union policies. · predatelnitsa

преда́тельский

Of, pertaining to, or representing perfidy; disloyal to what should command one's fidelity or allegiance. [from late 16th c.] · predatelskiy

преда́тельство

A state or act of violating faith or allegiance; violation of a promise or vow, or of trust. · predatelstvo

предать гласности

To make widely known to the public. · predat glasnosti

предбра́чный

Before marriage; before getting married. · predbrachnyy

предварительно

In a provisional way; temporarily. · predvaritelno

предвари́тельный

Introducing; giving a preview or idea of. · predvaritelnyy

предварительный экзамен

Mockery; the act of mocking. · predvaritelnyy ekzamen

предваря́ть

To anticipate, to act foreseeingly. · predvaryat

предве́стник

A precursor or harbinger, a warning ahead. · predvestnik

предве́стник беды́

An evil omen · predvestnik bedy

предве́стница

That which precurses: a forerunner, predecessor, or indicator of approaching events. · predvestnitsa

предвеща́ть

To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome. · predveshchat

предвеща́ющий

Of or pertaining to an omen or to omens; being or exhibiting an omen; significant. · predveshchayushchiy

предвещающий грозу

Very loud; that sounds like thunder; thundersome. Also in metaphorical expressions, signifying fury. · predveshchayushchiy grozu

предвзя́тость

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something. · predvzyatost

предвзя́тый

Intolerant, bigoted or prejudiced. · predvzyatyy

предви́дение

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events. · predvideniye

предви́деть

(transitive) To know of (something) before it happens; to expect. · predvidet

предви́димый

able to be foreseen or anticipated · predvidimyy

предви́дящий

Possessing, exercising, or demonstrating great care and consideration for the future. · predvidyashchiy

предвкуше́ние

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order. · predvkusheniye

предвосхити́ть

(transitive) To take up or introduce (something) prematurely. · predvoskhitit

предвосхища́ть

(transitive) To take up or introduce (something) prematurely. · predvoskhishchat

предвосхищающий

Useful in predicting. · predvoskhishchayushchiy

преддве́рие

(figurative) The period of time when something is just about to happen or to be introduced · preddveriye

преде́л

A boundary or limit. · predel

предел прочности

(physics) The greatest longitudinal stress a substance can bear without tearing asunder, usually expressed with reference to a unit area of the cross section of the substance, as the number of pounds per square inch, or kilograms per square centimeter, necessary to produce rupture. · predel prochnosti

преде́льный

The most extreme; greatest, ultimate. · predelnyy

предзнаменова́ние

An omen or a sign. · predznamenovaniye

предзнаменова́ть

(transitive) To signify; to denote. · predznamenovat

предзнамено́вывать

(transitive) To signify; to denote. · predznamenovyvat

предиабе́т

The state in which blood glucose levels are above normal but have not reached those of diabetes. · prediabet

предика́т

(grammar) The part of the sentence (or clause) which states a property that a subject has or is characterized by. · predikat

предиктивный

(computing) Describing a predictor. · prediktivnyy

предисло́вие

An introductory section preceding the main text of a book or other document; especially, one written by another person (not the author of the work thus introduced). · predisloviye

предлага́емая цена́

An offer at an auction, or to carry out a piece of work. · predlagayemaya tsena

предлага́ть

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. · predlagat

предло́г

(grammar) An element that combines syntactically with a phrase and indicates how that phrase should be interpreted in the surrounding context; a preposition or postposition. · predlog

предложе́ние

(grammar) A verb along with its subject and their modifiers. If a clause provides a complete thought on its own, then it is an independent (superordinate) clause; otherwise, it is dependent (subordinate). (Independent clauses can be sentences; they can also be part of a sentence. Dependent clauses can only be part of a sentence.) · predlozheniye

предложи́ть

(transitive) To place at someone’s disposal; to present (something) to be either accepted or turned down. · predlozhit

предместье

The area surrounding a city or town; suburb. · predmestye

предме́т

(rhythmic gymnastics) Any of the objects that the gymnasts wield while performing and used as part of the performance itself. · predmet

предме́т ро́скоши

Something desirable but expensive and that one can live without. · predmet roskoshi

предме́тное стекло́

(sciences) A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass or similar material on which a prepared sample may be viewed through a microscope Generally referred to as a microscope slide. · predmetnoye steklo

предмо́стие

(physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms · predmostiye

предмо́стье

(physical chemistry) Either of the two atoms in different parts of a molecule that are connected by a bridge of two or more other atoms · predmostye

предназнача́ть

To set aside for a purpose. · prednaznachat

предназначе́ние

Selection and appointment for a purpose or office. · prednaznacheniye

предназна́чить

To set aside for a purpose. · prednaznachit

преднаме́ренно

In an intentional manner; on purpose. · prednamerenno

преднаме́ренность

(philosophy) The characteristic of a mental state whereby it is about something, which relates to mental states in an analogous way as meaning relates to a word. · prednamerennost

преднаме́ренный

Done on purpose; intentional. · prednamerennyy

пре́док

One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a forefather; a forebear. · predok

предопределе́ние

(theology) The doctrine that everything has been foreordained by God or by fate. · predopredeleniye

предосмо́тр

A short collection of clips edited together to advertise a film, television show, etc.; a trailer. · predosmotr

предоста́вить

(obsolete) To offer, provide, or supply, as in selling, granting or expending, with profit, or without too great a loss. · predostavit

предоставле́ние

(law) A transfer of property by deed or writing; especially, an appropriation or conveyance made by the government. · predostavleniye

предоставленный на собственное [[усмотре́ние]]

Available at one's discretion; able to be used as one chooses; left to or regulated by one's own discretion or judgment. · predostavlennyy na sobstvennoye [[usmotreniye]]

предоставля́ть

(transitive) To make to agree or correspond; to suit one thing to another; to adjust. · predostavlyat

предоставля́ть пра́во

(transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something. · predostavlyat pravo

предостаточно

Enough or more than enough. · predostatochno

предостерега́ть

(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense. · predosteregat

предостереже́ние

A rebuke by an authority that one has erred and should not persist in their actions; a reprimand. · predosterezheniye

предостере́чь

(transitive, with of or against) To advise against wrongdoing; to caution; to warn against danger or an offense. · predosterech

предосторо́жность

A small amount of salt. · predostorozhnost

предосуди́тельный

Arousing disapproval; worthy of objection; offensive. · predosuditelnyy

предотврати́мый

Capable of being avoided, shunned, or escaped. · predotvratimyy

предотврати́ть

(transitive) To prevent something from happening. · predotvratit

предотвраща́ть

(transitive) To prevent something from happening. · predotvrashchat

предотвраще́ние

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting. · predotvrashcheniye

предохрани́тель

A part of a machine which blocks access to dangerous parts. · predokhranitel

предписа́ние

An instruction. · predpisaniye

предписа́ть

(transitive, chiefly, literary) To lay upon, as an order or command; to give an injunction to; to direct with authority; to order; to charge. · predpisat

предпи́сывать

To order, command, control. · predpisyvat

предпи́сывающий

Of or pertaining to prescribing or enjoining, especially an action or behavior based on a norm or standard. · predpisyvayushchiy

предпле́чье

(anatomy) The part of the arm between the wrist and the elbow. · predplechye

предплу́жник

A cutter, consisting of a blade in either knife form or disk form, attached to the ploughbeam of a plough to cut the sward, in front of the ploughshare and mouldboard. · predpluzhnik

предплюсна́

(skeleton) A group of small bones in this part of the foot. The seven bones of the human tarsus form the ankle and upper part of the foot. · predplyusna

предполага́емый

Supposed but doubtful. · predpolagayemyy

предполага́ть

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof · predpolagat

предположе́ние

The thing supposed; a postulate, or proposition assumed; a supposition. · predpolozheniye

предположи́тельно

(auxiliary, formal, dated) Indicating likelihood or probability. · predpolozhitelno

предположительный

Supposed, or assumed to be. · predpolozhitelnyy

предположи́ть

To authenticate by means of belief; to surmise; to suppose to be true, especially without proof · predpolozhit

предпосле́дний

(UK, in, _, US, _, usually, formal) Next to last, second to last; immediately preceding the end of a sequence, list, etc. · predposledniy

предпосыла́ть

(transitive) To introduce or make a comment before (the main point); to premise. · predposylat

предпосы́лка

Information relevant to the current situation about past events; history. · predposylka

предпоче́сть

(transitive) To be in the habit of choosing something rather than something else; to favor; to like better. [from 14th c.] · predpochest

предпочита́ть

(transitive) To make a show of; to put on a pretense of; to feign; to assume. To make a false display of. [from 16th c.] · predpochitat

предпочте́ние

The option to so select, and the one selected. · predpochteniye

предпочтительно

In preference; by choice; in a preferable manner. · predpochtitelno

предпочти́тельный

Better than some other option; preferred. · predpochtitelnyy

предпредпосле́дний

Two before the last, i.e., the one immediately before the penultimate, in a series. · predpredposledniy

предприи́мчивость

(uncountable) A willingness to undertake new or risky projects; energy and initiative. · predpriimchivost

предприи́мчивый

Very able and ingenious in business dealings or social advancement. · predpriimchivyy

предпринима́тель

A man in business, one who works at a commercial institution. · predprinimatel

предпринима́тельница

A person in business, or one who works at a commercial institution. · predprinimatelnitsa

предпринима́тельский

Having the spirit, attitude or qualities of an entrepreneur; enterprising. · predprinimatelskiy

предпринима́тельство

The quality of being an entrepreneur. · predprinimatelstvo

предпринима́ть

(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.). · predprinimat

предприня́ть

(transitive) To take upon oneself; to start, to embark on (a specific task etc.). · predprinyat

предприя́тие

(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment. · predpriyatiye

предрасположе́ние

Tendency or inclination under given circumstances. · predraspolozheniye

предрасполо́женность

Natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill. · predraspolozhennost

предрасполо́женный

Having a tendency, preference, likelihood, or disposition. · predraspolozhennyy

предрассу́док

(countable) An adverse judgment or opinion formed beforehand or without knowledge of the facts. · predrassudok

предрека́ть

(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power. · predrekat

предре́чь

(transitive) To make a prediction: to forecast, foretell, or estimate a future event on the basis of knowledge and reasoning; to prophesy a future event on the basis of mystical knowledge or power. · predrech

председа́тель

A person presiding over a meeting. · predsedatel

председа́тельница

A chairman or chairwoman, someone who presides over a meeting, board, etc. · predsedatelnitsa

председа́тельство

The office, or the term, of a chairman. · predsedatelstvo

председа́тельствовать

(intransitive) To act as president or chairperson. · predsedatelstvovat

председательствующий

(law) Having authority over; vested with the authority to preside over. · predsedatelstvuyushchiy

председа́тельша

A female chairperson · predsedatelsha

предсе́рдие

(palynology) A cavity inside a porate aperture of a pollen grain formed by the separation of the sexine and nexine layers, widening toward the interior of the grain. · predserdiye

предсказа́ние

(uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events. · predskazaniye

предсказа́тель

Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer. · predskazatel

предсказа́тельница

Someone who predicts the future; a soothsayer. · predskazatelnitsa

предсказательный

Useful in predicting. · predskazatelnyy

предсказа́ть

To estimate how something will be in the future. · predskazat

предсказу́емый

Able to be predicted. · predskazuyemyy

предска́зывать

To foretell events; to exhibit signs of future events; to indicate a favorable or an unfavorable outcome. · predskazyvat

предсказывающий

Useful in predicting. · predskazyvayushchiy

предсме́ртный

Pertaining to death, or the moments before death. · predsmertnyy

представа́ть

(intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. · predstavat

представи́тель

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them. · predstavitel

представи́тельница

One who acts for, or in the place of, another (the principal), by that person's authority; someone entrusted to act on behalf of or in behalf of another, such as to transact business for them. · predstavitelnitsa

предста́вить

(idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise. · predstavit

представле́ние

Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea. · predstavleniye

представля́ть

(idiomatic) To perform a scene from a play, a charade or an exercise. · predstavlyat

предстательная железа

The prostate gland. [from 1646] · predstatelnaya zheleza

предста́ть

(intransitive) To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest. · predstat

предстоя́щий

(not comparable) Approaching or about to take place. · predstoyashchiy

предтеча

A forebear, an ancestor, a predecessor. · predtecha

предубежде́ние

(countable, uncountable) Inclination towards something. · predubezhdeniye

предубеждённый

Exhibiting bias; prejudiced. · predubezhdyonnyy

предуведомле́ние

A warning. · preduvedomleniye

предумы́шленность

The act of planning or plotting something in advance, especially a crime. · predumyshlennost

предумы́шленный

Planned, considered, or estimated in advance; deliberate. · predumyshlennyy

предупреди́тельность

The tendency to consider others and make allowances for their needs or desires. · predupreditelnost

предупредительный

Happy and ready to do favours for others. · predupreditelnyy