precycle
precycle verb: to avoid the need to recycle, for example by not using prepackaging.
Verb
precycle (third-person singular simple present precycles, present participle precycling, simple past and past participle precycled)
- To avoid the need to recycle, for example by not using prepackaging.
- Recyling is good, but precycling - cutting out packaging in the first place and buying only what you need - is better.2008 October 30, Tanis Taylor, “Waste Not, Want Not”, in The Guardian
Forms of precycle
| third-person singular present | precycles |
|---|---|
| present participle | precycling |
| past participle | precycled |
| past | precycled |
Origin of precycle
From pre- + cycle, modelled on recycle.
Questions about precycle
- What does precycle mean?
- Precycle means to avoid the need to recycle, for example by not using prepackaging.
- What part of speech is precycle?
- Precycle is a verb.
- What is the past tense of precycle?
- The past tense of precycle is precycled.
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