premake

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verb

To make in advance; foremake

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Meanings

verbpremake (third-person singular simple present premakes, present participle premaking, simple past and past participle premade)

present singular third person premakes · participle present premaking · participle past premade · past premade

  1. To make in advance; foremake

    Strategies and policies help managers plan by guiding operating decisions and often premaking them.

    1986, Harold Koontz et al., Essentials of Management, →ISBN, page 119
nounpremake (plural premakes)

plural premakes

  1. human sciencesA prequel to a remake

Origin

From pre- + make. Sense of "prequel to a remake" patterned after remake.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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