"precorrect" meaning in English

See precorrect in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: precorrects [present, singular, third-person], precorrecting [participle, present], precorrected [participle, past], precorrected [past]
Etymology: pre- + correct Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|correct}} pre- + correct Head templates: {{en-verb}} precorrect (third-person singular simple present precorrects, present participle precorrecting, simple past and past participle precorrected)
  1. To correct (remove systemic errors) before another operation Related terms: precorrection
    Sense id: en-precorrect-en-verb-yv5g5SS3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

Inflected forms

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