English Explanatory Dictionary

preform

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.
  2. The rough, incomplete and unused basic form of a stone tool.
  3. A word that is no longer in use, but has been reconstructed from current ones.
verb
  1. To shape something before some other operation.
verb
  1. Misspelling of perform.

Word forms

preform preforms preforming preformed

Etymology

From pre- + form.

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