pretraining

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adjective

Before training.

OriginEnglish training ← Middle English pre- ← Latin prae- →
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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of pretrain
adjectivepretraining (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBefore training.

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. Englishtraining
  10. Englishpretraining

From pre- + training.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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