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prepopulate

prepopulate verb: to populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance.

Verb

prepopulate (third-person singular simple present prepopulates, present participle prepopulating, simple past and past participle prepopulated)

  1. (transitive) To populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance.
    • However, in addition to disabling the billing fields, we are also prepopulating them with data from the shipping fields.2009, Cody Lindley, jQuery Cookbook

Forms of prepopulate

third-person singular presentprepopulates
present participleprepopulating
past participleprepopulated
pastprepopulated

Origin of prepopulate

From pre- + populate.

Questions about prepopulate

What does prepopulate mean?
Prepopulate means to populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance.
What part of speech is prepopulate?
Prepopulate is a verb.
What is the past tense of prepopulate?
The past tense of prepopulate is prepopulated.

Words near prepopulate in the dictionary

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

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