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precompetitive

precompetitive adjective: describing the early stages of the development of a commercial product, during which competitors collaborate.

Adjective

precompetitive (not comparable)

  1. describing the early stages of the development of a commercial product, during which competitors collaborate
    • a precompetitive research partnership

Origin of precompetitive

From pre- + competitive.

Questions about precompetitive

What does precompetitive mean?
Precompetitive means describing the early stages of the development of a commercial product, during which competitors collaborate.
What part of speech is precompetitive?
Precompetitive is an adjective.

Words near precompetitive in the dictionary

  1. precompensating
  2. precompensation
  3. precompetence
  4. precompetent
  5. precompetition
  6. precompetitive
  7. precompilation
  8. precompilations
  9. precompile
  10. precompiled
  11. precompiler

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