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preshifting

preshifting is the present participle and gerund of preshift.

Meaning of preshift

Verb

preshift (third-person singular simple present preshifts, present participle preshifting, simple past and past participle preshifted)

  1. (transitive) To shift in advance.
    • We preshifted the game sprites to avoid having to redraw them at different positions during gameplay.

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Questions about preshifting

What is preshifting the present participle and gerund of?
Preshifting is the present participle and gerund of preshift.

Words near preshifting in the dictionary

  1. presheaths
  2. presheaves
  3. preshelter
  4. preshift
  5. preshifted
  6. preshifting
  7. preshifts
  8. preshipment
  9. preshipping
  10. preshock
  11. preshortage

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Adapted from Wiktionary: preshifting (page history and authors); preshift (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.

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