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prelaying

prelaying is the present participle and gerund 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

prelaying (not comparable)

  1. Before a bird lays eggs.

Noun

prelaying (uncountable)

  1. The period before a bird lays eggs.

Questions about prelaying

What does prelaying mean?
Prelaying means before a bird lays eggs.
What is prelaying the present participle and gerund of?
Prelaying is the present participle and gerund of prelay.
What part of speech is prelaying?
Prelaying can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near prelaying in the dictionary

  1. prelaughter
  2. prelaunch
  3. prelaw
  4. prelawsuit
  5. prelay
  6. prelaying
  7. prelays
  8. prelearned
  9. prelearning
  10. prelearnt
  11. prelease

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prelaying (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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