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preconstructed

preconstructed adjective: constructed in advance.

Adjective

preconstructed (not comparable)

  1. Constructed in advance.
    • The preconstructed melodies often caught more than such melodies usually catch, their fake textures were full of small surprises, and most of all their lyrics actually justified their postmodern settings by deconstructing instead of just ridiculing the pop form in which they were set.1988 October 28, Franklin Soults, “They Might Be Giants”, in Chicago Reader
    • There is, then, a psycholinguistic explanation for the prevalence of preconstructed and semi-preconstructed phrases in language.1998, Alan Partington, Patterns and Meanings, →ISBN

Origin of preconstructed

From pre- + construct + -ed.

Questions about preconstructed

What does preconstructed mean?
Preconstructed means constructed in advance.
What part of speech is preconstructed?
Preconstructed is an adjective.

Words near preconstructed in the dictionary

  1. preconstitutional
  2. preconstricted
  3. preconstriction
  4. preconstrictions
  5. preconstruct
  6. preconstructed
  7. preconstructing
  8. preconstruction
  9. preconstructions
  10. preconstructive
  11. preconstructs

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