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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

pre-existing en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of pre-exist
    form of pre-exist
    • It is also an outcome that would have been difficult to predict ten years ago, with Bolton-born Greenwood admitting to having no pre-existing interest or particular enthusiasm for road, rail or any other form of transport. 2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 31:

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preëxisting alternative lexicographic
preexisting alternative lexicographic