Definition Dictionary

Something that came earlier and helped shape a later event or development.

Postponing an immediate pleasure or reward in order to obtain a more valued benefit later.

The interval before a permanent arrangement or later event.

An earlier example that can guide a later decision or action.

Giving disproportionately greater weight to an immediate outcome than to a later one.

Following later in time or order.

Undertaken by one side without the agreement or participation of others.