verb (presetting, preset, preset)
1 to set the controls of a piece of electrical equipment so that it will start to work at a particular time:
[VNtoinf] You can preset the radiators to come on when you need them to. * [VN] to preset TV channels / radio stations (= to set the controls so that particular channels are selected when you press particular buttons)
2 [VN] [usuallypassive] to decide sth in advance:
They kept to the preset route.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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