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preattending

preattending is the present participle and gerund of preattend.

Meaning of preattend

Verb

preattend (third-person singular simple present preattends, present participle preattending, simple past and past participle preattended)

  1. To attend ahead of time; to pay attention to or consider in advance.
    • While it had been previously concluded (Posner, 1980) that preattended locations are reached after shorter (manual) reaction times in comparison with non attended ones, the investigators mentioned above found, on the other hand, that saccadic reaction times were delayed for attended target...1995, J.M. Findlay, R. Walker, R.W. Kentridge, Eye Movement Research: Mechanisms, Processes and Applications, →ISBN

Questions about preattending

What is preattending the present participle and gerund of?
Preattending is the present participle and gerund of preattend.

Words near preattending in the dictionary

  1. preattached
  2. preattachment
  3. preattack
  4. preattend
  5. preattended
  6. preattending
  7. preattends
  8. preattention
  9. preattentional
  10. preattentive
  11. preattentively

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