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preactivate

preactivate verb: to activate in advance.

Verb

preactivate (third-person singular simple present preactivates, present participle preactivating, simple past and past participle preactivated)

  1. To activate in advance.

Forms of preactivate

third-person singular presentpreactivates
present participlepreactivating
past participlepreactivated
pastpreactivated

Origin of preactivate

From pre- + activate.

Questions about preactivate

What does preactivate mean?
Preactivate means to activate in advance.
What part of speech is preactivate?
Preactivate is a verb.
What is the past tense of preactivate?
The past tense of preactivate is preactivated.

Words near preactivate in the dictionary

  1. preact
  2. preacted
  3. preacting
  4. preaction
  5. preactions
  6. preactivate
  7. preactivated
  8. preactivates
  9. preactivating
  10. preactivation
  11. preactivations

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