prerun

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noun

The act of running something in advance.

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Meanings

nounprerun (plural preruns)

plural preruns

  1. The act of running something in advance.

    The digital print is also used for test runs and preruns.

    2012, Kaj Johansson, Peter Lundberg, Robert Ryberg, A Guide to Graphic Print Production, page 295
    1 more example

    several preruns of an application to collect the execution times

    2012, Albert Y. Zomaya, Young Choon Lee, Energy Efficient Distributed Computing Systems, page 66
verbprerun (third-person singular simple present preruns, present participle prerunning, simple past preran, past participle prerun)

present singular third person preruns · participle present prerunning · past preran

  1. transitiveTo run in advance.

Origin

From pre- + run.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

pruner
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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