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presort

presort verb: to sort in advance.

Verb

presort (third-person singular simple present presorts, present participle presorting, simple past and past participle presorted)

  1. (transitive) To sort in advance.
    • Mail is presorted by postcode prior to transfer into the postal delivery system.
    • Please presort your waste so that it can be recycled.

Forms of presort

third-person singular presentpresorts
present participlepresorting
past participlepresorted
pastpresorted

Origin of presort

From pre- + sort.

Questions about presort

What does presort mean?
Presort means to sort in advance.
What part of speech is presort?
Presort is a verb.
What is the past tense of presort?
The past tense of presort is presorted.

Words near presort in the dictionary

  1. presophomore
  2. presorb
  3. presorbed
  4. presorbing
  5. presorbs
  6. presort
  7. presorted
  8. presortedness
  9. presorting
  10. presorts
  11. presos

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