Preedit
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Preedit is a verb meaning (transitive) To edit (something) in advance.
Meaning
(transitive) To edit (something) in advance.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To edit (something) in a preliminary way before a main editing step.
- An edit of a preliminary type, before a main editing step.
Example Sentences
Some systems require their users to preedit text—for example, into lines (as in WinMAX Pro and AQUAD) or into paragraphs not exceeding a certain length (NUD*IST and NVivo recognize paragraphs by carriage returns).
Word Forms
- preedits
- preediting
- preedited
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pretype, premodify, preclear, preformat, precopy, precompose.
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