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prelaid

prelaid is the simple past and past participle of prelay.

Meaning of prelay

Verb

prelay (third-person singular simple present prelays, present participle prelaying, simple past and past participle prelaid)

  1. To record music and other sound elements at the correct time code locations on a master format without regard to final levels and mixing.
    • He'll be responsible for prelaying sound effects for film and television.1990, The Hollywood Reporter, volume 313, numbers 18-34, page 18

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Adjective

prelaid (not comparable)

  1. Laid down in advance.
    • a prelaid carpet

Questions about prelaid

What does prelaid mean?
Prelaid means laid down in advance.
What is prelaid the simple past and past participle of?
Prelaid is the simple past and past participle of prelay.
What part of speech is prelaid?
Prelaid is an adjective.

Words near prelaid in the dictionary

  1. prelacies
  2. prelactal
  3. prelacteal
  4. prelacy
  5. preladenant
  6. prelaid
  7. prelal
  8. prelamin
  9. prelaminar
  10. prelaminated
  11. prelamination

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prelaid (page history and authors); prelay (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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