Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

precalculate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pre-cal-cu-late
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To calculate in advance.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English calculate English precalculate From pre- + calculate.

Inflected Forms

precalculates (present, singular) precalculating (participle, present) precalculated (participle, past) precalculated (past)

Synonyms

forereckon

Questions

What does precalculate mean?: To calculate in advance.
Where does precalculate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English calculate English precalculate From pre- + calculate.

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