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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

premail en · VERB

Etymology

From pre- + mail.

Meanings

  1. To contact by mail in advance.
    • Use Premailing Notification / The use of a brief letter, postcard, or telephone call immediately before mailing the confirmation generally tends to increase responses. 1984, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Confirmation of accounts receivable, page 29:
    • So our first step in the study of consumer attitudes toward product quality was to premail questionnaires to the principal shopper in a carefully selected, nationally distributed sample of homes. 1977, The Nielsen Researcher, page 13:

Forms

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premailed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
premailed Tense=Past lexicographic
premails Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
premailing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic