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prepending

prepending is the present participle and gerund of prepend.

Meaning of prepend

Verb (1)

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

  1. (transitive) To attach (an expression, phrase, etc.) to another, as a prefix.
    • The final cleaned assemblies in GenBank were downloaded, and the contig identifiers were pre-pended with the sample name and haplotype integer (where 1 = paternal and 2 = maternal).2023 May 11, Wen-Wei Liao, Mobin Asri, Jana Ebler, et al., “A draft human pangenome reference”, in Nature, volume 617, →DOI

Verb (2)

prepend (third-person singular simple present prepends, present participle prepending, simple past and past participle prepended)

  1. (rare, transitive) To premeditate; to weigh up mentally.

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Noun

prepending (plural prependings)

  1. The act by which something is prepended.

Forms of prepending

pluralprependings

Questions about prepending

What does prepending mean?
Prepending means the act by which something is prepended.
What is prepending the present participle and gerund of?
Prepending is the present participle and gerund of prepend.
What part of speech is prepending?
Prepending is a noun.
What is the plural of prepending?
The plural of prepending is prependings.

Words near prepending in the dictionary

  1. prepelvic
  2. prepend
  3. prepended
  4. prepender
  5. prependers
  6. prepending
  7. prependings
  8. prepends
  9. prepenetration
  10. prepenetrations
  11. prepenial

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