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pre-print

pre-print is the alternative form of preprint.

Meaning of preprint

Noun

preprint (plural preprints)

  1. A preliminary form of an academic paper that has not yet been published in a journal.

See all 2 meanings of preprint

Forms of pre-print

Noun
pluralpre-prints
Verb
third-person singular presentpre-prints
present participlepre-printing
past participlepre-printed
pastpre-printed

Questions about pre-print

What is pre-print the alternative form of?
Pre-print is the alternative form of preprint.

Words near pre-print in the dictionary

  1. pre-prepare
  2. pre-prepared
  3. pre-prepares
  4. pre-preparing
  5. pre-primary
  6. pre-print
  7. pre-printed
  8. pre-printing
  9. pre-prints
  10. pre-process
  11. pre-processed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pre-print (page history and authors); preprint (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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