| PREFORM | • preform n. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form. • preform n. (Archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool. • preform n. (Linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones. |
| PREFORMS | • preforms n. Plural of preform. • preforms v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preform. • PREFORM v. to form beforehand. |
| PREFORMAT | • preformat v. (Transitive) To format in advance. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
| PREFORMED | • preformed v. Simple past tense and past participle of preform. • preformed adj. Formed, constructed or assembled in advance. • PREFORM v. to form beforehand. |
| PREFORMATS | • preformats v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preformat. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
| PREFORMING | • preforming v. Present participle of preform. • PREFORM v. to form beforehand. |
| PREFORMATION | • preformation n. Prior formation. • preformation n. (Biology, historical) The theory that organisms are fully developed in the form of an egg or seed, and… • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PREFORMATIVE | • preformative n. Chiefly in Semitic languages: a formative letter, syllable, etc., at the beginning of a word. • preformative adj. Of or pertaining to preformation. • preformative adj. Of a thing: forming or affecting something that comes later. |
| PREFORMATTED | • preformatted adj. Formatted in advance. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
| PREFORMULATE | • preformulate v. To formulate (a pharmaceutical drug) in advance of general availability. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
| PREFORMATIONS | • preformations n. Plural of preformation. • PREFORMATION n. previous formation. |
| PREFORMATIVES | • preformatives n. Plural of preformative. • PREFORMATIVE n. a prefixture in Semitic languages. |
| PREFORMATTING | • preformatting v. Present participle of preformat. • PREFORMAT v. to format in advance. |
| PREFORMULATED | • preformulated v. Simple past tense and past participle of preformulate. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
| PREFORMULATES | • preformulates v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of preformulate. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
| PREFORMULATING | • preformulating v. Present participle of preformulate. • PREFORMULATE v. to formulate in advance. |
| PREFORMATIONISM | • preformationism n. (Biology) the theory that all organisms start their existence already in a predetermined form upon conception… • PREFORMATIONISM n. the now exploded theory that the plant or animal (and therefore all its descendants) is already preformed in the germ. |
| PREFORMATIONIST | • preformationist n. (Biology, historical) A proponent of the theory of preformationism. • PREFORMATIONIST adj. relating to preformation. |