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pretarget

pretarget verb: to target prior to some other process.

Verb

pretarget (third-person singular simple present pretargets, present participle pretargeting or (rare) pretargetting, simple past and past participle pretargeted or (rare) pretargetted)

  1. To target prior to some other process

Forms of pretarget

third-person singular presentpretargets
present participlepretargeting
past participlepretargeted
pastpretargeted
present participle (rare)pretargetting
past participle (rare)pretargetted
past (rare)pretargetted

Origin of pretarget

From pre- + target.

Questions about pretarget

What does pretarget mean?
Pretarget means to target prior to some other process.
What part of speech is pretarget?
Pretarget is a verb.
What is the past tense of pretarget?
The past tense of pretarget is pretargeted.

Words near pretarget in the dictionary

  1. pretans
  2. pretape
  3. pretaped
  4. pretapes
  5. pretaping
  6. pretarget
  7. pretargeted
  8. pretargeting
  9. pretariff
  10. pretarsal
  11. pretarsi

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