preprogram

[ pree-proh-gram, -gruhm ]

verb (used with object)

, pre·pro·grammed or pre·pro·gramed, pre·pro·gram·ming or pre·pro·gram·ing.

1. to program in advance:

   to preprogram a manufacturing process.

Word History and Origins

Origin of preprogram¹

First recorded in 1960–65; pre- + program

Example Sentences

The music was interrupted by a preprogram where state elected officials did their best imitations of Trump’s populist rhetoric to entertain the crowd.

From Slate

The capacity to “learn,” he points out, was something that Bartlett and Louapre had to preprogram into their simulation.

From Scientific American

You can’t preprogram a contest of will.

From Washington Post

The serendipity involved represents a key element of the art of traveling: not needing to control or preprogram your experience, letting things unfold organically and taking the chance to be delighted by the unexpected.

From Washington Post

The researchers did not preprogram its future steps, he notes, “but they let the whole training be a part of its circuit.”

From Scientific American