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preformatting

preformatting is the present participle and gerund of preformat.

Meaning of preformat

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.

Questions about preformatting

What is preformatting the present participle and gerund of?
Preformatting is the present participle and gerund of preformat.

Words near preformatting in the dictionary

  1. preformations
  2. preformative
  3. preformatives
  4. preformats
  5. preformatted
  6. preformatting
  7. preformed
  8. preforming
  9. preformism
  10. preformist
  11. preformistic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preformatting (page history and authors); preformat (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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