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preallocating

preallocating is the present participle and gerund of preallocate.

Meaning of preallocate

Verb

preallocate (third-person singular simple present preallocates, present participle preallocating, simple past and past participle preallocated)

  1. To set aside before a need arises for a purpose

Questions about preallocating

What is preallocating the present participle and gerund of?
Preallocating is the present participle and gerund of preallocate.

Words near preallocating in the dictionary

  1. preallable
  2. preallably
  3. preallocate
  4. preallocated
  5. preallocates
  6. preallocating
  7. preallocation
  8. preallocations
  9. preallot
  10. preallotment
  11. preallotments

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preallocating (page history and authors); preallocate (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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