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preflighting

preflighting is the present participle and gerund of preflight.

Meaning of preflight

Verb

preflight (third-person singular simple present preflights, present participle preflighting, simple past and past participle preflighted)

  1. To perform an inspection of an aircraft before the start of a flight.

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Questions about preflighting

What is preflighting the present participle and gerund of?
Preflighting is the present participle and gerund of preflight.

Words near preflighting in the dictionary

  1. preflashes
  2. preflavored
  3. preflexion
  4. preflight
  5. preflighted
  6. preflighting
  7. preflights
  8. preflood
  9. preflop
  10. preflops
  11. prefloral

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preflighting (page history and authors); preflight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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