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prelittering

prelittering is the present participle and gerund of prelitter.

Meaning of prelitter

Verb

prelitter (third-person singular simple present prelitters, present participle prelittering, simple past and past participle prelittered)

  1. (transitive) To litter in (a place) in advance.
    • When stores were prelittered with 140 marked handbills, the littering rate increased, but only to 5%.2012, Thomas A. Heberlein, Navigating Environmental Attitudes, page 98

Questions about prelittering

What is prelittering the present participle and gerund of?
Prelittering is the present participle and gerund of prelitter.

Words near prelittering in the dictionary

  1. preliterates
  2. preliterature
  3. prelitigation
  4. prelitter
  5. prelittered
  6. prelittering
  7. prelitters
  8. prelive
  9. prelived
  10. prelives
  11. preliving

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