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🔌 To install wiring early 🧠 To prepare in advance
to prewire

to prewire

6.1
Install electrical wiring in a building or device before it is finished
  • verb
  • /ˈpriˌwaɪər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : preinstalar
  • The GS 300 is also prewired for the Lexus Portable Plus cellular phone, which is the only phone that is both portable and voice-activated when docked in the center console of the car.

Examples

  • In the interest of national security, sensitive federal locations are prewired for demolition.

    The Terror Experiment (2010)

  • These panels come with all hot, neutral, and safety ground buses installed and fully prewired.

    Academic text (2005)

  • And luckily the rooms are prewired for fans, so that's one less hassle—and one more reason to just do it!

    Blog text (15)

  • The new office building was prewired for internet and telephone access before anyone moved in.

  • Before the installation team arrived, the electricians prewired all the lighting fixtures.

  • Our house was prewired with surround sound speakers for a better entertainment experience.

Synonyms

to wire
vsto prewire
  • Specialized
78 3.7

To install electrical cables in a building or device

is done before completion or first use of the building or device

How Wired

to wire
  • Specialized
78 3.7
to prewire
  • Specialized
6.1
to rough in
1 6.6

Surface Forms

prewire infinitive
prewired past
prewired past participle
prewiring present participle
prewires third person singular

Morphology

prewire = wire (transparent) = pre + wire

Adding 'pre-' to 'wire' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'wire beforehand'.

Etymology

Prewire is made of pre- meaning 'before' and wire meaning 'an electrical line', so it literally means to install the wires in a building or device before it is finished.