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pretreatment

pre·treat
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pree-treet]
    • /priˈtrit/
    • /prɪtrˈiːtmənt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pree-treet]
    • /priˈtrit/

Definitions of pretreatment word

  • verb with object pretreatment to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment: to pretreat wood before staining it. 1
  • noun pretreatment treatment administered beforehand 0
  • adjective pretreatment occurring, or administered, before treatment 0
  • noun pretreatment A pretreatment is something which is applied to a feed in order to make a process or stage more effective. 0
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Origin of pretreatment

First appearance:

before 1930
One of the 10% newest English words
First recorded in 1930-35; pre- + treat

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Parts of speech for Pretreatment

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Pretreatment

pretreatment popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 68% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 57% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

pretreatment usage trend in Literature

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Top questions with pretreatment

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Related words

  • pretreat

    to treat in advance or as part of a preliminary treatment: to pretreat wood before staining it.
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