The prefixes "pre-" and "post-" refer to events before and after. For instance, "pre-season" and "post-season" or "pre-study" and "post-study". Is there a prefix fitting this pattern which means "during" that can fit in the form "(prefix)-season" and "(prefix)-study"? "Mid-season" and "mid-study" seems to refer to the middle point, so it does not seem like a good fit.
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1The mid- prefix does not exclusively refer to the midpoint of a fixed period of time. A camera catching someone mid-sneeze, for example, is any time during the sneeze. – Adam Musch Aug 29 '13 at 5:05
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2Possible duplicate of If 'pre' is previous, 'post' is after, what is current? – MetaEd Apr 11 '16 at 18:03
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@MετάEd normally I'm in favour of closing questions as duplicates but the older question is closed, and if we close this one too, then no one could submit a different, or better-quality answer. – Mari-Lou A Apr 11 '16 at 19:50
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@Mari-LouA Both questions are general reference. – MetaEd Apr 11 '16 at 20:47
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@MετάEd I don't think so, the older question was closed because the obvious answer seemed to be "current" (as suggested by Barrie England) your upvoted suggestion came a day later when it was almost too late to save the question. Your vote says that this is a duplicate, but now you're saying it's GR. I've Googled the OP's question and got inter and dia but not peri, intra nor in-, so there seems to be more than one acceptable answer. – Mari-Lou A Apr 11 '16 at 21:38
I'm not a language expert but I think intra- is the prefix you are looking for:
1a : within <intragalactic>
b : during <intraday>
c : between layers of <intradermal>
source: merriam-webster.com
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2Because of this dictionary entry: merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intra- – Khalid Hussain Aug 27 '13 at 13:32
It varies from word to word, depending on the specific example, but the most common prefix is in-, or for there to be no prefix at all:
I can't wait for the season to start. The in-season games are so much better than the preseason ones!
After a bit of pre-study work, we did some studying, and then went for post-study drinks.
What about peri- as in perinatal. It does mean "around, about", and if used in a sense of time (as in perinatal) this could mean "during"
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1I think precisely because it means "around" it doesn't mean "during". Think about perimeter. What's on the perimeter is not in the circle. – Joe Corneli Jul 30 '15 at 15:34
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@JoeCorneli This is why I added "if used in a sense of time". A perimeter is clearly space, not time. There is nothing "during" a meter. Anyway, this argument holds true for all possible answers, as we humans rarely have any words or prefixes that only and exactly mean one thing. – skymningen Jul 31 '15 at 8:26
In medical terms, it's "preoperative," "intraoperative," and "postoperative," with "perioperative" encompassing the entire surgical process: before, during, and after (according to Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perioperative).
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Actually, this answer has the same problems as skymningen's (it's almost a duplicate): Peri-op care is the care that is given before, during and after surgery. But the article you link to mentions intraoperative care (supporting the idea from Khalid Hussain's post). – Joe Corneli Jul 30 '15 at 15:38
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@JoeCorneli, Skymningen suggested that peri- could mean during, while PtronAv explained that peri- means before, during, and after. This answer does not appear to have any problems to me. – cowlinator Apr 4 '18 at 0:29
What I mostly see is the mid- prefix as in mid-season.
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Sorry, now I see OP is looking for a term that covers the whole, overall time period. – András Hummer Aug 27 '13 at 18:24
