Word.ws English Dictionary

preplaying

preplaying is the present participle and gerund of preplay.

Meaning of preplay

Verb

preplay (third-person singular simple present preplays, present participle preplaying, simple past and past participle preplayed)

  1. (transitive) To visualize in advance.
    • Overall, mental imagery can and should be used for the following: To see success—A driver can develop his or her belief system by recalling past successes, and preplaying success in future events.2007, Ross Bentley, Speed Secrets 6: The Perfect Driver, page 16

See all 2 meanings of preplay

Questions about preplaying

What is preplaying the present participle and gerund of?
Preplaying is the present participle and gerund of preplay.

Words near preplaying in the dictionary

  1. preplatelets
  2. preplates
  3. preplating
  4. preplay
  5. preplayed
  6. preplaying
  7. preplayoff
  8. preplays
  9. preplea
  10. prepleural
  11. preploded

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: preplaying (page history and authors); preplay (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “preplaying.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/preplaying. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.