"prepopulate" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: prepopulates [present, singular, third-person], prepopulating [participle, present], prepopulated [participle, past], prepopulated [past]
Etymology: From pre- + populate. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|populate}} pre- + populate Head templates: {{en-verb}} prepopulate (third-person singular simple present prepopulates, present participle prepopulating, simple past and past participle prepopulated)
  1. (transitive, computing) To populate (form fields, a database, etc.) in advance. Tags: transitive Hyponyms: warm Related terms: prepopulation

Inflected forms

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