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preaccept

preaccept verb: to accept beforehand.

Verb

preaccept (third-person singular simple present preaccepts, present participle preaccepting, simple past and past participle preaccepted)

  1. (transitive) To accept beforehand.
    • The first of the common anti-positivist qualifications of post-positivism and hermeneutics paradigm is that they preaccept the “reality is complex.”2020, Dincer Atli, Analyzing the Strategic Role of Neuromarketing and Consumer Neuroscience, page 150

Forms of preaccept

third-person singular presentpreaccepts
present participlepreaccepting
past participlepreaccepted
pastpreaccepted

Origin of preaccept

From pre- + accept.

Questions about preaccept

What does preaccept mean?
Preaccept means to accept beforehand.
What part of speech is preaccept?
Preaccept is a verb.
What is the past tense of preaccept?
The past tense of preaccept is preaccepted.

Words near preaccept in the dictionary

  1. preabsorption
  2. preabsorptions
  3. preabsorptive
  4. preaccelerator
  5. preaccelerators
  6. preaccept
  7. preacceptance
  8. preaccepted
  9. preaccepting
  10. preaccepts
  11. preacclimation

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