predive

Before a dive.

Adjective

  1. Before a dive.
    • “Vessel prep” had been completed at dawn, so after a pre-dive briefing, I climbed a ladder to the top hatch of the sub, took off my boots and clambered into the tube - 2019, Tony Perrottet, “A Deep Dive Into the Plans...

Origin

From pre- + dive.

Adverb

  1. Before a dive
    • Each of the divers was tested seven times--twice predive in the chamber, three times during the dive, and twice postdive, with one to several days separating the administrations. - 1981, Helen M. Paulson, Alma P. Ryan,...