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prelocating

prelocating is the present participle and gerund of prelocate.

Meaning of prelocate

Verb

prelocate (third-person singular simple present prelocates, present participle prelocating, simple past and past participle prelocated)

  1. (transitive) To locate in advance.
    • Manufactured strain gage rosettes are now being used to prelocate the gages with respect to the proposed hole center.1967, Naval Research Laboratory (U.S.), Annual Report, page 82

Questions about prelocating

What is prelocating the present participle and gerund of?
Prelocating is the present participle and gerund of prelocate.

Words near prelocating in the dictionary

  1. prelocalize
  2. prelocalized
  3. prelocate
  4. prelocated
  5. prelocates
  6. prelocating
  7. prelockdown
  8. prelockout
  9. prelocution
  10. prelocutions
  11. Prelog

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