PREWRITE

Etymology

Verb

prewrite (third-person singular simple present prewrites, present participle prewriting, simple past prewrote, past participle prewritten)

(transitive) To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.

Noun

prewrite (plural prewrites)

A first draft of a script, etc.

(computing, database) A write operation that is buffered instead of being applied directly to the database.

Source: Wiktionary



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