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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

preselect 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- Proto-Indo-European *s(w)éder. Latin sē- Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *léǵeti Proto-Italic *legō Latin legō Latin sēlegō Latin sēlēctuslbor. English select English preselect From pre- + select.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To select in advance.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
preselecting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preselects Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
preselected Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
preselected Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

nonpreselected · preselectable

Synonyms

forechoose