"pretarget" meaning in English

See pretarget in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: pretargets [present, singular, third-person], pretargeting [participle, present], pretargeted [participle, past], pretargeted [past]
Etymology: pre- + target Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|target}} pre- + target Head templates: {{en-verb}} pretarget (third-person singular simple present pretargets, present participle pretargeting, simple past and past participle pretargeted)
  1. To target prior to some other process
    Sense id: en-pretarget-en-verb-8h7yoRA7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-

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