pretapes

/priˈteɪps/
verb
  1. Third person singular present tense of pretape.
    • The director pretapes the opening scene to save time.
    • The network pretapes most of its late-night shows.
    • Our teacher always pretapes the lesson for absent students.
noun
  1. Plural of pretape; multiple instances of pre-recorded tapes or recordings.
    • The studio keeps all the pretapes in a secure vault.
    • The pretapes from the 1980s were digitized for preservation.
    • We reviewed several pretapes to choose the best take.