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PRECESS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precess mean?
• PRECESS (verb)
The verb PRECESS has 1 sense:
1. move in a gyrating fashion
Familiarity information: PRECESS used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they precess ... he / she / it precesses
Past simple: precessed
Past participle: precessed
-ing form: precessing
... he / she / it precesses Past simple: precessed
Past participle: precessed
-ing form: precessing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Move in a gyrating fashion
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
the poles of the Earth precess at a right angle to the force that is applied
Hypernyms (to "precess" is one way to...):
go; locomote; move; travel (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
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