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presupply

presupply verb: to supply in advance.

Verb

presupply (third-person singular simple present presupplies, present participle presupplying, simple past and past participle presupplied)

  1. (transitive) To supply in advance.
    • Obviously, the Number Of Pages field in the New Document dialog lets you presupply the number of pages of your publication. You aren't required to put a value in there, and even if you do, you can always add and remove pages later […]2012, Pariah S. Burke, ePublishing with InDesign CS6, page 235

Forms of presupply

third-person singular presentpresupplies
present participlepresupplying
past participlepresupplied
pastpresupplied

Origin of presupply

From pre- + supply.

Questions about presupply

What does presupply mean?
Presupply means to supply in advance.
What part of speech is presupply?
Presupply is a verb.
What is the past tense of presupply?
The past tense of presupply is presupplied.

Words near presupply in the dictionary

  1. presupervisory
  2. presupplemental
  3. presupplementary
  4. presupplied
  5. presupplies
  6. presupply
  7. presupplying
  8. presupposal
  9. presupposals
  10. presuppose
  11. presupposed

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