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premodifying

premodifying is the present participle and gerund of premodify.

Meaning of premodify

Verb

premodify (third-person singular simple present premodifies, present participle premodifying, simple past and past participle premodified)

  1. To modify in advance.
    • premodifying phrase
    Antonyms:
    postmodify

Questions about premodifying

What is premodifying the present participle and gerund of?
Premodifying is the present participle and gerund of premodify.

Words near premodifying in the dictionary

  1. premodified
  2. premodifier
  3. premodifiers
  4. premodifies
  5. premodify
  6. premodifying
  7. premodular
  8. premodulate
  9. premodulated
  10. premoisten
  11. premoistened

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Adapted from Wiktionary: premodifying (page history and authors); premodify (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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