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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

precycle en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + cycle, modelled on recycle.

Meanings

  1. To avoid the need to recycle, for example by not using prepackaging.
    • Recyling is good, but precycling - cutting out packaging in the first place and buying only what you need - is better. 2008 October 30, Tanis Taylor, “Waste Not, Want Not”, in The Guardian:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
precycling Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
precycles Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
precycled Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
precycled Tense=Past lexicographic