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preobtains

preobtains is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 preobtains

What is preobtains the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Preobtains is the third-person singular simple present indicative of preobtain.

Words near preobtains in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preobtains (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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