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pre-establish

pre-establish is the alternative form of preestablish.

Meaning of preestablish

Verb

preestablish (third-person singular simple present preestablishes, present participle preestablishing, simple past and past participle preestablished)

  1. (transitive) To establish beforehand.
    • Having preestablished that the murder weapon did not belong to the hotel, the detective widened her field of enquiry.

Forms of pre-establish

third-person singular presentpre-establishes
present participlepre-establishing
past participlepre-established
pastpre-established

Questions about pre-establish

What is pre-establish the alternative form of?
Pre-establish is the alternative form of preestablish.

Words near pre-establish in the dictionary

  1. pre-emptively
  2. pre-empts
  3. pre-engage
  4. pre-epidemic
  5. pre-episode
  6. pre-establish
  7. pre-established
  8. pre-established harmony
  9. pre-establishes
  10. pre-establishing
  11. pre-everything

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