🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

사전 승인

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sajeon seung-in

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Preclearance/ˈpriːˌklɪər.əns/
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이 절차는 사전 승인이 필요합니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Official authorization or approval that must be obtained before a procedure, journey, or action can be undertaken.

    "Travelers must obtain preclearance from customs before boarding international flights."
  2. 2

    The checking of passengers and baggage by immigration and customs officials of a destination country before departure from the point of origin.

    "US border preclearance facilities at foreign airports significantly speed up arrival times."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix 'pre-' (before, from Latin prae) combined with 'clearance' (the act of clearing or official authorization, originating from Middle English and Old French). It emerged in modern administrative and diplomatic contexts to denote official authorization or approval obtained before taking a specific action or crossing a border.

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