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preplace

preplace verb: to place in advance.

Verb

preplace (third-person singular simple present preplaces, present participle preplacing, simple past and past participle preplaced)

  1. (transitive) To place in advance.

Forms of preplace

third-person singular presentpreplaces
present participlepreplacing
past participlepreplaced
pastpreplaced

Origin of preplace

From pre- + place.

Words formed from preplace

Questions about preplace

What does preplace mean?
Preplace means to place in advance.
What part of speech is preplace?
Preplace is a verb.
What is the past tense of preplace?
The past tense of preplace is preplaced.

Words near preplace in the dictionary

  1. prepilin peptidases
  2. prepilins
  3. prepill
  4. prepink
  5. prepiriform
  6. preplace
  7. preplaced
  8. preplacement
  9. preplacements
  10. preplacental
  11. preplaces

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