pretype

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verb

To type in advance.

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Meanings

verbpretype (third-person singular simple present pretypes, present participle pretyping, simple past and past participle pretyped)

present singular third person pretypes · participle present pretyping · participle past pretyped · past pretyped

  1. transitiveTo type in advance.

    However, some web servers have timeouts on how long they'll wait for a request, so it can be useful to pretype the request and then just paste it into Telnet.

    2014, David Sklar, Adam Trachtenberg, PHP Cookbook: Solutions & Examples for PHP Programmers
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    Each depression of the key backs up the display one character, and one can insert a correction before transmission. One can also use all of the "pages" available to pretype text for later transmission […]

    1982, CQ, volume 38, number 4, page 30

Origin

From pre- + type.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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