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preedit

preedit verb: to edit (something) in advance.

Verb

preedit (third-person singular simple present preedits, present participle preediting, simple past and past participle preedited)

  1. (transitive) To edit (something) in advance.
  2. (transitive) To edit (something) in a preliminary way before a main editing step.
    • Some systems require their users to preedit text—for example, into lines (as in WinMAX Pro and AQUAD) or into paragraphs not exceeding a certain length (NUD*IST and NVivo recognize paragraphs by carriage returns).2013, Klaus Krippendorff, Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology, page 260

Noun

preedit (plural preedits)

  1. An edit of a preliminary type, before a main editing step.

Forms of preedit

Verb
third-person singular presentpreedits
present participlepreediting
past participlepreedited
pastpreedited
Noun
pluralpreedits

Origin of preedit

From pre- + edit.

Questions about preedit

What does preedit mean?
Preedit means to edit (something) in advance.
What part of speech is preedit?
Preedit can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of preedit?
The past tense of preedit is preedited.

Words near preedit in the dictionary

  1. preeclampsia
  2. preeclampsias
  3. preeclamptic
  4. preeclamptics
  5. preed
  6. preedit
  7. preedited
  8. preediting
  9. preedits
  10. preeducation
  11. preedy

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