"preform" meaning in English

See preform in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: preforms [plural], pre-form [alternative]
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 form English preform From pre- + form. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|pre-|form|text=+|tree=1}} 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 form English preform [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*préh₂i", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "before", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*per-", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*preh₂-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-i", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*prai", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Italic", "term" : "*prai-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "itc-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "prae-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "pre-", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "pre-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }, { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "form", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "preform", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="preform"> From pre- + form. Head templates: {{en-noun}} preform (plural preforms)
  1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
    Sense id: en-preform-en-noun-vvBuAZ6c Categories (other): Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 40 33 10
  2. (archaeology) The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
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  3. (linguistics) A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
    Sense id: en-preform-en-noun-jxUp2HZl Categories (other): Linguistics, Pages using etymon with no ID Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 17 40 33 10 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: preforms [present, singular, third-person], preforming [participle, present], preformed [participle, past], preformed [past], pre-form [alternative]
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  1. To shape something before some other operation.
    Sense id: en-preform-en-verb-53~lFBW0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|misspelling}} preform
  1. Misspelling of perform. Tags: alt-of, misspelling Alternative form of: perform
    Sense id: en-preform-en-verb-VfyUsY8s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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