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precompile

precompile verb: to compile in advance.

Verb

precompile (third-person singular simple present precompiles, present participle precompiling, simple past and past participle precompiled)

  1. To compile in advance.

Antonyms of precompile

Forms of precompile

third-person singular presentprecompiles
present participleprecompiling
past participleprecompiled
pastprecompiled

Origin of precompile

From pre- + compile.

Words formed from precompile

Questions about precompile

What does precompile mean?
Precompile means to compile in advance.
What part of speech is precompile?
Precompile is a verb.
What is the past tense of precompile?
The past tense of precompile is precompiled.

Words near precompile in the dictionary

  1. precompetent
  2. precompetition
  3. precompetitive
  4. precompilation
  5. precompilations
  6. precompile
  7. precompiled
  8. precompiler
  9. precompilers
  10. precompiles
  11. precompiling

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