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preediting

preediting is the present participle and gerund of preedit.

Meaning of preedit

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

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Questions about preediting

What is preediting the present participle and gerund of?
Preediting is the present participle and gerund of preedit.

Words near preediting in the dictionary

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

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