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precomposing

precomposing is the present participle and gerund of precompose.

Meaning of precompose

Verb

precompose (third-person singular simple present precomposes, present participle precomposing, simple past and past participle precomposed)

  1. (transitive) To compose beforehand.
    • the precomposed Liturgy of St. Gregory1708, Thomas Bennet, A Brief History of the Joint Use of Precompos'd Set Forms of Prayer
  2. (transitive) To apply (an operation) before another operation occurs.

Questions about precomposing

What is precomposing the present participle and gerund of?
Precomposing is the present participle and gerund of precompose.

Words near precomposing in the dictionary

  1. precomplexes
  2. precomplexing
  3. precompose
  4. precomposed
  5. precomposes
  6. precomposing
  7. precomposition
  8. precompositional
  9. precompositionally
  10. precompositions
  11. precompound

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Adapted from Wiktionary: precomposing (page history and authors); precompose (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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