preprogram en · VERB
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English program English preprogram From pre- + program.
Meanings
- (transitive) To program something in advance.
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(transitive) To predispose to certain thoughts or behaviours.
But while Lois getting it that the entire cottage was a no-go area might mean that she was preprogrammed by thousands of years of dragons raising their dragonlets in dens, I wondered if that was all it was.
2007, Robin McKinley, Dragonhaven, G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 149:hard-wired behavior, or behavior that a dog's genetics have preprogrammed him to do
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| preprograms | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| preprogrammed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| preprogrammed | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| preprogramed | Tense=Past | rare | lexicographic |
| preprogramed | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | rare | lexicographic |
| preprogramming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| preprogramme | alternative | lexicographic | |
| preprograming | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | rare | lexicographic |
Translations (4)
de vorprogrammieren (program something in advance) · nl voorprogrammeren (program something in advance) · nl voorprogrammeren (predispose to certain thoughts or behaviours) · it preprogrammare (program something in advance)