preedit means an edit of a preliminary type, before a main editing step. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
Etymology
From pre- + edit.
noun
- An edit of a preliminary type, before a main editing step.
verb
- To edit (something) in advance.
- To edit (something) in a preliminary way before a main editing step.“Some systems require their users to preedit text—for example, into lines (as in WinMAX Pro and AQUAD) or into paragraphs not exceeding a certain length (NUD*IST and NVivo recognize paragraphs by carriage returns).”