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pre-mine

pre-mine adjective: before the opening of a mine in a region.

Adjective

pre-mine (not comparable)

  1. Before the opening of a mine in a region.

Verb

pre-mine (third-person singular simple present pre-mines, present participle pre-mining, simple past and past participle pre-mined)

  1. To mine units of a cryptocurrency before its official launch.

Forms of pre-mine

Adjective
alternative formpremine
Verb
third-person singular presentpre-mines
present participlepre-mining
past participlepre-mined
pastpre-mined

Origin of pre-mine

From pre- + mine.

Questions about pre-mine

What does pre-mine mean?
Pre-mine means before the opening of a mine in a region.
What part of speech is pre-mine?
Pre-mine can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near pre-mine in the dictionary

  1. pre-mechanization
  2. pre-med
  3. pre-menstrual syndrome
  4. pre-metro
  5. pre-millennial
  6. pre-mine
  7. pre-mined
  8. pre-mines
  9. pre-mining
  10. pre-moderation
  11. pre-modern

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