Vegetarian meals are provided by prior agreement.

[Polyester]

Vegetarian meals are provided by prior agreement.

Whats the meaning of the word "prior" here and full sentence?

 

[tzfujimino]

There's nothing special about it, Polyester.
http://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/prior_1?q=prior

 

[Rover_KE]

Polyester, please bookmark the dictionary tz linked to for future reference.

 

[Tdol]

You need to let them know in advance.

 

[Tdol]

Polyester, please bookmark the dictionary tz linked to for future reference.

Or this one: http://www.onelook.com/. It's a one-stop site for hundreds of dictionaries.

 

[Matthew Wai]

Having read the following list previously posted by the OP, I think he already has good dictionaries, but I am not a teacher.

Which ones are better?
http://dictionary.cambridge.org/
http://dictionary.reference.com/
http://www.merriam-webster.com/
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/
http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/
http://www.ldoceonline.com/

 

[teechar]

I think he already has good dictionaries, but I am not a teacher.

Do you know for a fact that Polyester is a male?
Otherwise, aren't you being presumptive here? ;-)

 

[Matthew Wai]

Polyester has a girlfriend, so I presume that 'he' is the correct pronoun, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Polyester]

Thank your for help, everyone here.
I want to tell you. I do always check the dictionaries when I don't know the words meaning.
But, the result is I know the words meaning after checking or consulting the dictionaries.
I can't get it in full sentences from beginning to the end of full stop.
For example, my post here #1. I know the word "prior" meaning. However, when I try to put it together in full sentence, Im sorry, I don't know what does the sentence mean.


***Importance, I have checked the word in many dictionaries before posting here. It will save a lot of time. I want to know the full sentence meaning. It doesn't a word mean.

Thank you all of here for help.

 

[Matthew Wai]

http://www.ichacha.net/prior agreement.html
I think the OP needs explanations in his native language, but I am not a teacher.

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Vegetarian meals are provided when an agreement has been made before.'
Is it OK?

Not a teacher.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I think it is not so much 'prior agreement' as 'prior notice', but I am not a teacher.

 

[Polyester]

Does it mean "the people who told the restaurant I have made a order for vegetable meals"?

 

[Rover_KE]

Does it mean "the people who told the restaurant I have made a order for vegetable meals"?

No, Polyester. That doesn't make sense and is ungrammatical.

Your original question was answered long ago. See post #4.

 

[Raymott]

Polyester has a girlfriend, so I presume that 'he' is the correct pronoun, but I am not a teacher.

Now you're making an extra assumption - not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Polyester]

No, Polyester. That doesn't make sense and is ungrammatical.

Your original question was answered long ago. See post #4.

Rover_KE,
Which parts is not making sense? Could you point out my error?

I knew the answer in post #4. However, I need to use my own language to express my view.

 

[Matthew Wai]

I hope the following makes sense, but I am not a teacher.
'Vegetarian meals are provided to those who have told the restaurant in advance.'

Now you're making an extra assumption - not that there's anything wrong with that.

What's wrong with the assumption that a person who has a girlfriend is a male?

The Google American English Corpus has ... just 46 for 'by prior consent'.

What I wrote is 'prior notice' instead of 'prior consent'.

 

[Raymott]

"What's wrong with the assumption that a person who has a girlfriend is a male?"

Nothing. Did you not read the second half of my sentence?

 

[Matthew Wai]

'Not that there's anything wrong with that' = 'What I mean is not that ...'
Is it correct?

I need to use my own language to express my view.

Regrettably, you can't do that on an English forum.

 

[Rover_KE]

If you have no objection, Polyester, to satisfy our curiosity, please tell us whether you are male or female.

Your original sentence, Vegetarian meals are provided by prior agreement, is a notice issued by a restaurant.

It means that the restaurant will prepare vegetarian dishes if you ask for them in advance.

Does it mean "the people who told the restaurant I have made a order for vegetable meals"?

No. It means nothing like that.

Rover_KE,
Which parts [STRIKE]is not making[/STRIKE] do not make sense? Could you point out my errors?

'The' should be capitalised. Who are 'the people'? There is no main verb. It should be 'an order' and 'vegetarian meals'.