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preponing

preponing is the present participle and gerund of prepone.

Meaning of prepone

Verb (1)

prepone (third-person singular simple present prepones, present participle preponing, simple past and past participle preponed)

  1. (India, transitive) To reschedule to a time earlier than the current scheduled time.
    Antonyms:
    postpone

Verb (2)

prepone (third-person singular simple present prepones, present participle preponing, simple past and past participle preponed)

  1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To place or set (something) before.
    • I do pꝛepone and ſet the Loꝛd alwaye befoꝛe myne eyes: He is ſtyll at my right hande, leaſte I fall in anye wyſe.1549 September 30 (Gregorian calendar), Robert Crowley, transl., “The .xvi. Psalme”, in The Psalter of Dauid Newely Translated into Englysh Metre in Such Sort that It Maye the More Decently, and wyth...
    Synonyms:
    prefix, prepose

Questions about preponing

What is preponing the present participle and gerund of?
Preponing is the present participle and gerund of prepone.

Words near preponing in the dictionary

  1. preponders
  2. prepone
  3. preponed
  4. preponement
  5. prepones
  6. preponing
  7. prepontine
  8. prepopulate
  9. prepopulated
  10. prepopulates
  11. prepopulating

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