Prewrite
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Prewrite is a verb meaning (transitive) To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
Meaning
(transitive) To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
More Meanings
- A first draft of a script, etc.
- (computing, databases) A write operation that is buffered instead of being applied directly to the database.
Example Sentences
The result has been that many professional screenwriters have felt obliged to undertake free drafts and prewrites […]
Some students, due to anxiety, skip the most important first step, which is to prewrite the thesis, and jump into the middle of the project, which is a fatal error.
Word Forms
- prewrites
- prewriting
- prewrote
- prewritten
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include forewrite, predraft, preedit, pretype, pre-plan, preformat.
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