adj
Meaning 1
Set in advance, or as a default.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
preset
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpɹiːsɛt/
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /pɹiːˈsɛt/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈpɹiːset/
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Australian, New-Zealand: /pɹiːˈset/
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CMU ARPABET: P R IY0 S EH1 T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A setting that is set in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: PR
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A kind of variable resistor designed to have its resistance set while building the circuit, and then left at that value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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verb
Meaning 4
To set something in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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adjective satellite
Meaning 5
set in advance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a preset plan of action
- at a predetermined time
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predetermined
Antonyms: none provided
History
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 set English preset From pre- + set.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: предварително установен (predvaritelno ustanoven) — set in advance
- Danish: forudinstillet — set in advance
- Dutch: vooraf instellen — set in advance
- Esperanto: antaŭagordo — set in advance
- Esperanto: antaŭelekto — set in advance
- Portuguese: tomado m como — set in advance
- Portuguese: predefinido — set in advance
- Swedish: förinställning — set in advance
- Spanish: preajuste — Translations
- Spanish: preconfiguración — Translations
- Danish: forudinstille — to set something in advance
- French: prérégler — to set something in advance
- Portuguese: tomar como — to set something in advance
- Portuguese: pré-configurado — to set something in advance
- Portuguese: preestabelecido — to set something in advance