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pretape

pretape verb: to tape in advance.

Verb

pretape (third-person singular simple present pretapes, present participle pretaping, simple past and past participle pretaped)

  1. To tape in advance.
    Synonyms:
    prerecord

Synonyms of pretape

Forms of pretape

third-person singular presentpretapes
present participlepretaping
past participlepretaped
pastpretaped

Origin of pretape

From pre- + tape.

Questions about pretape

What does pretape mean?
Pretape means to tape in advance.
What part of speech is pretape?
Pretape is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretape?
The past tense of pretape is pretaped.

Words near pretape in the dictionary

  1. pretangles
  2. pretannage
  3. pretanned
  4. pretanning
  5. pretans
  6. pretape
  7. pretaped
  8. pretapes
  9. pretaping
  10. pretarget
  11. pretargeted

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