prewrite
prewrite verb: to make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
Verb
prewrite (third-person singular simple present prewrites, present participle prewriting, simple past prewrote, past participle prewritten)
- To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
- Some students, due to anxiety, skip the most important first step, which is to prewrite the thesis, and jump into the middle of the project, which is a fatal error.
Noun
prewrite (plural prewrites)
- A first draft of a script, etc.
- The result has been that many professional screenwriters have felt obliged to undertake free drafts and prewrites […]2017, Daniel Bernardi, Julian Hoxter, Off the Page: Screenwriting in the Era of Media Convergence, page 82
- A write operation that is buffered instead of being applied directly to the database.
Forms of prewrite
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | prewrites |
| present participle | prewriting |
| past | prewrote |
| past participle | prewritten |
| Noun | |
| plural | prewrites |
Origin of prewrite
From pre- + write.
Words formed from prewrite
Questions about prewrite
- What does prewrite mean?
- Prewrite means to make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
- What part of speech is prewrite?
- Prewrite can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of prewrite?
- The past tense of prewrite is prewrote.
Words near prewrite in the dictionary
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