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Precluding
- verb - debar
- keep from happening or arising; make impossible; "My sense of tact forbids an honest answer"; "Your role in the projects precludes your involvement in the competitive project"
- Leave out
- make impossible, especially beforehand
Precooking
- verb - cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long; "precook the rice"
Predestine
- verb - decree or determine beforehand
- foreordain by divine will or decree
- foreordain or determine beforehand
Predicting
- verb - indicate by signs; "These signs bode bad news"
- make a prediction about; tell in advance; "Call the outcome of an election"
Preempting
- verb - acquire for oneself before others can do so
- gain possession of by prior right or opportunity, especially so as to obtain the right to buy (land)
- make a preemptive bid in the game of bridge
- take the place of or have precedence over; "live broadcast of the presidential debate preempts the regular news hour"; "discussion of the emergency situation will preempt the lecture by the professor"
Preferring
- verb - give preference to one creditor over another
- like better; value more highly; "Some people prefer camping to staying in hotels"; "We prefer sleeping outside"
- promote over another; "he favors his second daughter"
- select as an alternative over another; "I always choose the fish over the meat courses in this restaurant"; "She opted for the job on the East coast"
Prefixxing
- verb - attach a prefix to; "prefixed words"
Preforming
- verb - form into a shape resembling the final, desired one
- form or shape beforehand or determine the shape of beforehand