Word.ws English Dictionary

preread

/ˌpɹiːˈɹiːd/

More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations

past/ˌpɹiːˈɹɛd/

preread verb: to read in advance.

Verb

preread (third-person singular simple present prereads, present participle prereading, simple past and past participle preread)

  1. (transitive) To read in advance.

Noun

preread (plural prereads)

  1. An operation in which data is read in advance of its being needed.

preread meaning in Bengali

preread in Bengali

আগেভাগে পড়া

Forms of preread

Verb
third-person singular presentprereads
present participleprereading
past participlepreread
pastpreread
Noun
pluralprereads

Origin of preread

From pre- + read.

Words formed from preread

Questions about preread

What does preread mean?
Preread means to read in advance.
What is preread in Bengali?
Preread in Bengali is আগেভাগে পড়া. See Preread meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is preread?
Preread can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce preread?
Preread is pronounced /ˌpɹiːˈɹiːd/.
What is the past tense of preread?
The past tense of preread is preread.

Words near preread in the dictionary

  1. preraphaelites
  2. preraphaelitish
  3. preraphaelitism
  4. preratification
  5. prerational
  6. preread
  7. prereader
  8. prereaders
  9. prereadiness
  10. prereading
  11. prereads

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: preread (page history and authors); preread (Bengali Wiktionary) (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:

Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-preread.wav.

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