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1. prefect
noun. ['ˈpriːˌfɛkt'] a chief officer or chief magistrate.
Synonyms
Etymology
- praefectus (Latin)
Rhymes with Prefect
- aftereffect
- albrecht
- architect
- aspect
- circumspect
- dialect
- hambrecht
- insect
- intellect
- intellect
- intertect
- introspect
- retrospect
- rupprecht
- schildknecht
- schiltknecht
- suspect
- transect
- utecht
How do you pronounce prefect?
Pronounce prefect as ˈpriˌfɛkt.
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Sentences with prefect
1. Adjective
A cork pinboard is the prefect complement.
2. Noun, singular or mass
Pencil in the size of the vent hose, with the drill hole being the prefect center.
Quotes about prefect
1. You're a prefect? Oh Ronnie! That's everyone in the family!""What are Fred and I? Next door neighbors?
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2. Harry, don't go picking a row with Malfoy, don't forget, he's a prefect now, he could make life difficult for you...""Wow, I wonder what it'd be like to have a difficult life?"said Harry sarcastically.
- J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
3. One of the things Ford Prefect had always found hardest to understand about humans was their habit of continually stating and repeating the very very obvious.
- Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy