Matching Pairs Unit 3: Before and AfterOnline version Prefixes & Suffixes by Donna Hall 1 posterior 2 preempt 3 forecast 4 antecedent 5 posterity 6 precaution 7 antebellum 8 foresight 9 premature 10 postpone happening too soon or earlier than usual the ability to see what will or might happen in the future all future generations of people occuring in the southern U.S. during the time before the American Civil War to say that something will happen in the future; to predict something, such as the weather a thing or event that existed before or logically occurs before another near or toward the back of something, the back side take action in order to prevent possible harm or trouble from happening in the future something that is done to prevent possible harm or trouble from happening in the future cause or arrange for something to take place at a time later than that first scheduled