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prepends

prepends is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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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Questions about prepends

What is prepends the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Prepends is the third-person singular simple present indicative of prepend.

Words near prepends in the dictionary

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

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