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
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Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2025
The team's research is available as a preprint on the paper repository arXiv.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 July 2025
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
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Noun
Another recent preprint study by the Ohio State University veterinary medicine professor Andrew Bowman and his colleagues found that, when liquid containing the virus was put into cows’ teats, only a very low dose was necessary to cause an infection.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2025
The team's research is available as a preprint on the paper repository arXiv.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 July 2025
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The study was released to preprint recently and has not been peer reviewed.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
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“Preprint.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/preprint. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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