preset
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˈpriːˌsɛt/
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- To simplify the process, the coffee maker comes with a preset brewing time that users can easily select.
Maybe you that you don't have a script book, you don't have a preset number of dialogues.
- Maybe you that you don't have a script book, you don't have a preset number of dialogues.
- And so the the far left tribe is going to go with their preset ideology, just like the far right Tribus.
- OK, really smart to have a preset, you know, savings, very smart.
Examples
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The Magnum Series features a patented, quick-responding temperature sensor to monitor the compressed air temperature in the chiller, shutting off the compressor when the air is cold enough and turning it back on when the temperature rises to a preset point.
Academic text (2002) -
There is no preset spending limit.
Blog text (8) -
The camera was preset for that range.
Fiction book (1994) -
Your credit card likely arrives with a preset spending limit.
Blog text (13) -
In Hong Kong, buyers had to sign up online for the chance to pick up the device at a preset time.
Blog text (12) -
Feature factory-matched motors and drivers that are preset to achieve optimal performance.
Academic text (1996) -
The LSP, which has no preset time limit, took approximately one hour to administer and was given to the whole group at each school.
Academic text (1990) -
For emergency first responders, for instance, PRDs provide a reliable alert to radiation levels at some preset threshold.
Academic text (2004) -
Unbeknownst to the subjects, the computer was preset to display a specific percentage of negative images (either 75% or 25%) regardless of which buttons were pressed.
Blog text (18) -
Children's attention is redirected from following their own educational interests to attaining externally imposed, preset academic competencies, such as reading and mathematics.
Academic text (2007)
Synonyms
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1.3
Ready to use or do something when needed
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3.9
An item like a shirt or chair made before you buy it
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3.3
Arranged before something happens
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6.3
Chosen in advance for a particular use
Set in advance so it works automatically without more instructions
Decided or arranged before something happens
Prepared in a fixed amount before you use it
Antonyms
How Ready
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Preset comes from the parts pre- meaning 'before' and set meaning 'to put' or 'fix'. So a preset value or condition is one that is 'put in place before' you use the device, which helps explain why radios or ovens have factory settings ready to use.