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prefill

prefill verb: to fill in advance.

Verb

prefill (third-person singular simple present prefills, present participle prefilling, simple past and past participle prefilled)

  1. (transitive) To fill in advance.

Forms of prefill

third-person singular presentprefills
present participleprefilling
past participleprefilled
pastprefilled
alternative formpre-fill

Origin of prefill

From pre- + fill.

Words formed from prefill

Questions about prefill

What does prefill mean?
Prefill means to fill in advance.
What part of speech is prefill?
Prefill is a verb.
What is the past tense of prefill?
The past tense of prefill is prefilled.

Words near prefill in the dictionary

  1. prefigurings
  2. prefile
  3. prefiled
  4. prefiles
  5. prefiling
  6. prefill
  7. prefilled
  8. prefiller
  9. prefillers
  10. prefilling
  11. prefills

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