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Preoperational in a sentence

Preoperational meaning

  1. Prior to a surgical operation.
  2. In or relating to a Piagetian phase of child development characterized by sparse and logically inadequate mental operations and inability to reason or work with symbols.

Using Preoperational

  • The main meaning on this page is: Prior to a surgical operation. | In or relating to a Piagetian phase of child development characterized by sparse and logically inadequate mental operations and inability to reason or work with symbols.

Context around Preoperational

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Sentence patterns with Preoperational

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

old the preoperational state from 1× preoperational and then 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

preoperational and then 1× the stages are 1×

Common sentence endings:

egocentric thought diminishes 1× old and up 1×

Words around Preoperational

Just before it in the word index:

preopening 3 preons 2 preon 2 preoccupying 5 preoccupy 6 preoccupies 3

Just after it in the word index:

preoperative 10 preoptic 6 preordained 13 preorder 61 preordered 15 preordering 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Preoperational

  • In this selection, "preoperational" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Recognizable usage signals include old the preoperational state from and preoperational and then. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "preoperational" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with preoperational

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Preoperational and then operational thinking develops, which means actions are reversible, and egocentric thought diminishes. (15 words)

The stages are the sensorimotor stage from birth to 2 years old, the preoperational state from 2 years old to 7 years old, the concrete operational stage from 7 years old to 10 years old, and formal operational stage from 11 years old and up. (45 words)

Longer example sentences

The stages are the sensorimotor stage from birth to 2 years old, the preoperational state from 2 years old to 7 years old, the concrete operational stage from 7 years old to 10 years old, and formal operational stage from 11 years old and up. (45 words)

Preoperational and then operational thinking develops, which means actions are reversible, and egocentric thought diminishes. (15 words)

Example sentences (2)

Preoperational and then operational thinking develops, which means actions are reversible, and egocentric thought diminishes.

The stages are the sensorimotor stage from birth to 2 years old, the preoperational state from 2 years old to 7 years old, the concrete operational stage from 7 years old to 10 years old, and formal operational stage from 11 years old and up.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "preoperational" in a sentence?
An example: "Preoperational and then operational thinking develops, which means actions are reversible, and egocentric thought diminishes." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "preoperational" from authentic English texts.
What does "preoperational" mean?
Preoperational means: Prior to a surgical operation.
How many example sentences with "preoperational" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "preoperational", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.