prewrite.
To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
Meaning & usage
To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing.
Some students, due to anxiety, skip the most important first step, which is to prewrite the thesis, and jump into the middle of the project, which is a fatal error.
Where this word comes 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 write English prewrite From pre- + write.
A first draft of a script, etc.
A write operation that is buffered instead of being applied directly to the database.
Where this word comes 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 write English prewrite From pre- + write.
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