premarket
adjective
pre·mar·ket
(ˌ)prē-ˈmär-kət 
variants
or pre-market
1
: occurring in the period prior to a product being available for purchase
premarket safety testing
a premarket clinical study of a drug
Dietary supplements are essentially exempt from premarket approval and testing because, unlike many drugs, they do not claim to be effective, pure, and safe.—
Noel C. Paul
Noel C. Paul… fixed a premarket problem that led to lost pressure in the control.—Bicycling
Bicycling2
: occurring prior to the opening of a stock market
premarket trading
Examples of premarket in a Sentence
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In premarket trading early Thursday, Tesla’s shares were up more than 3% from Wednesday’s closing.
—Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Thursday Caterpillar is set to report premarket earnings.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Alphabet rose more than 4% in premarket trade on Tuesday, placing it on track for a $4 trillion valuation, while Broadcom gained 2% and Nvidia shares dropped more than 3%.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
Tesla shares rose nearly 2% in premarket US trading on Wednesday after Musk’s post.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Tesla shares were slightly lower in premarket U.S. trading.
—Reuters, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
McDonald’s shares were down 0.5% in premarket US trading.
—Shirley Zhao, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Thursday Caterpillar is set to report premarket earnings.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2026
Alphabet rose more than 4% in premarket trade on Tuesday, placing it on track for a $4 trillion valuation, while Broadcom gained 2% and Nvidia shares dropped more than 3%.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Nov. 2025
Tesla shares rose nearly 2% in premarket US trading on Wednesday after Musk’s post.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
Tesla shares were slightly lower in premarket U.S. trading.
—Reuters, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
McDonald’s shares were down 0.5% in premarket US trading.
—Shirley Zhao, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Premarket.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/premarket. Accessed 5 Feb. 2026.
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