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pregroup

pregroup verb: to arrange into groups in advance.

Verb

pregroup (third-person singular simple present pregroups, present participle pregrouping, simple past and past participle pregrouped)

  1. (transitive) To arrange into groups in advance.
    • The scientist pregrouped the samples based on their chromatographic fingerprints.

Forms of pregroup

third-person singular presentpregroups
present participlepregrouping
past participlepregrouped
pastpregrouped

Origin of pregroup

From pre- + group.

Questions about pregroup

What does pregroup mean?
Pregroup means to arrange into groups in advance.
What part of speech is pregroup?
Pregroup is a verb.
What is the past tense of pregroup?
The past tense of pregroup is pregrouped.

Words near pregroup in the dictionary

  1. pregrinding
  2. pregrinds
  3. pregroove
  4. pregrooves
  5. preground
  6. pregroup
  7. pregrouped
  8. pregrouping
  9. pregroupoid
  10. pregroupoids
  11. pregroups

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