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preclassify

preclassify verb: to classify in advance.

Verb

preclassify (third-person singular simple present preclassifies, present participle preclassifying, simple past and past participle preclassified)

  1. (transitive) To classify in advance.

Forms of preclassify

third-person singular presentpreclassifies
present participlepreclassifying
past participlepreclassified
pastpreclassified

Origin of preclassify

From pre- + classify.

Questions about preclassify

What does preclassify mean?
Preclassify means to classify in advance.
What part of speech is preclassify?
Preclassify is a verb.
What is the past tense of preclassify?
The past tense of preclassify is preclassified.

Words near preclassify in the dictionary

  1. Preclassic
  2. preclassical
  3. preclassification
  4. preclassified
  5. preclassifies
  6. preclassify
  7. preclassifying
  8. preclean
  9. precleaned
  10. precleaner
  11. precleaners

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