Meanings
alternative preexisting · alternative preëxisting
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pre-exist
It is also an outcome that would have been difficult to predict ten years ago, with Bolton-born Greenwood admitting to having no pre-existing interest or particular enthusiasm for road, rail or any other form of transport.
2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 31
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveexisting previously or before something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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pre-existing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-existing
“pre-existing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pre-existing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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