prespecified

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adjective

specified in advance.

UncommonScrabble 22

Meanings

adjectiveprespecified (comparative more prespecified, superlative most prespecified)

comparative more prespecified · superlative most prespecified

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Englishspecified
  10. Englishprespecified

From pre- + specified.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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