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preformat

preformat verb: to format in advance.

Verb

preformat (third-person singular simple present preformats, present participle preformatting, simple past and past participle preformatted)

  1. (transitive) To format in advance.
    • Buying preformatted floppy disks saved me a lot of time.

Forms of preformat

third-person singular presentpreformats
present participlepreformatting
past participlepreformatted
pastpreformatted

Origin of preformat

From pre- + format.

Questions about preformat

What does preformat mean?
Preformat means to format in advance.
What part of speech is preformat?
Preformat is a verb.
What is the past tense of preformat?
The past tense of preformat is preformatted.

Words near preformat in the dictionary

  1. preform
  2. preformalin
  3. preformance
  4. preformant
  5. preformants
  6. preformat
  7. preformation
  8. preformationary
  9. preformationism
  10. preformationist
  11. preformationists

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