Prehistoric - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌpriːhɪˈstɔːrɪk|  American pronunciation of the word prehistoric
Brit.  |priːhɪˈstɒrɪk|  British pronunciation of the word prehistoric

adjective

- belonging to or existing in times before recorded history (syn: prehistorical)
prehistoric settlements
prehistoric peoples
- no longer fashionable
my mother has these prehistoric ideas about proper clothes

Extra examples

His attitudes about women are downright prehistoric.

...prehistoric notions about mental illness that have no place in today's world...

...a stamp left in the mud by some prehistoric beast...

...paleoanthropologists recently found the skull of a prehistoric man in a remote area of the desert...

Prehistoric peoples settled the area and began to cultivate the land.

...it's a plausible explanation for the demise of that prehistoric species...

Mass extinctions of prehistoric animals are known to have occurred.

...humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being...

Fish evolved from prehistoric sea creatures.

Will these finds furnish more information on prehistoric man?

The caves contained many prehistoric artifacts.

How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?

The museum's collection includes artefacts dating back to prehistoric times.

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