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third-person singular simple present prewrites, present participle prewriting, simple past prewrote, past participle prewritten
(transitive) To make a first draft of ideas and format for an essay, thesis, article, or book as a plan for the actual writing. examples
plural prewrites
A first draft of a script, etc. quotations examples
The result has been that many professional screenwriters have felt obliged to undertake free drafts and prewrites […]
2017, Daniel Bernardi, Julian Hoxter, Off the Page: Screenwriting in the Era of Media Convergence, page 82
(computing, databases) A write operation that is buffered instead of being applied directly to the database. examples