preprint

1 of 2

noun

pre·​print ˈprē-ˌprint 

ˌprē-ˈprint

1

: an issue of a technical paper often in preliminary form before its publication in a journal

2

: something (such as an advertisement) printed before the rest of the publication in which it is to appear

preprint

2 of 2

verb

pre·​print (ˌ)prē-ˈprint 

preprinted; preprinting; preprints

transitive verb

: to print in advance for later use

Examples of preprint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The study, a preprint that hasn’t yet been through peer review by a scientific journal, found that tissue from the mammary gland contains abundant receptors of the kind to which avian flu viruses like H5N1 can attach. —Helen Branswell, STAT, 6 May 2024

Now mathematicians Larry Guth of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and James Maynard of the University of Oxford have posted a sensational new finding on the preprint server arXiv.org. —Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 1 July 2024

Verb

The study was released to preprint recently and has not been peer reviewed. —Julie Washington, cleveland, 18 Jan. 2022

Scientists are good at creating new ways of sharing information, from the World Wide Web to preprint servers like arXiv. —Iulia Georgescu, Wired, 28 Sep. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1889, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1897, in the meaning defined above