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predetect

predetect verb: to detect in advance.

Verb

predetect (third-person singular simple present predetects, present participle predetecting, simple past and past participle predetected)

  1. (transitive) To detect in advance.

Forms of predetect

third-person singular presentpredetects
present participlepredetecting
past participlepredetected
pastpredetected

Origin of predetect

pre- + detect

Questions about predetect

What does predetect mean?
Predetect means to detect in advance.
What part of speech is predetect?
Predetect is a verb.
What is the past tense of predetect?
The past tense of predetect is predetected.

Words near predetect in the dictionary

  1. predestined
  2. predestines
  3. predestinies
  4. predestining
  5. predestiny
  6. predetect
  7. predetected
  8. predetecting
  9. predetects
  10. predetention
  11. predeterminability

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