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preobtaining

preobtaining is the present participle and gerund of preobtain.

Meaning of preobtain

Verb

preobtain (third-person singular simple present preobtains, present participle preobtaining, simple past and past participle preobtained)

  1. (transitive) To obtain beforehand.

Questions about preobtaining

What is preobtaining the present participle and gerund of?
Preobtaining is the present participle and gerund of preobtain.

Words near preobtaining in the dictionary

  1. preobservation
  2. preobservational
  3. preobservations
  4. preobtain
  5. preobtained
  6. preobtaining
  7. preobtains
  8. preoccipital
  9. preoccluded
  10. preocclusion
  11. preoccupancies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preobtaining (page history and authors); preobtain (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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