precount

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noun

An initial counting before a proper count or an intervention takes place.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

nounprecount (plural precounts)

plural precounts

  1. An initial counting before a proper count or an intervention takes place.
  2. space flightThe period and procedures taken before a countdown.
verbprecount (third-person singular simple present precounts, present participle precounting, simple past and past participle precounted)

present singular third person precounts · participle present precounting · participle past precounted · past precounted

  1. transitiveTo count in advance.

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APA

precount. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precount

MLA

“precount.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precount. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “precount,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/precount.

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