"prescreen" meaning in All languages combined

See prescreen on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: prescreens [plural]
Etymology: From pre- + screen. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|screen}} pre- + screen Head templates: {{en-noun}} prescreen (plural prescreens)
  1. A prescreening.
    Sense id: en-prescreen-en-noun-lIADe58c

Verb [English]

Forms: prescreens [present, singular, third-person], prescreening [participle, present], prescreened [participle, past], prescreened [past]
Etymology: From pre- + screen. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|screen}} pre- + screen Head templates: {{en-verb}} prescreen (third-person singular simple present prescreens, present participle prescreening, simple past and past participle prescreened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To screen in advance for potential problems, especially as a preliminary screening before further screening. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-prescreen-en-verb-qpMC0Xrw Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with pre-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 29 71 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 92 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93

Inflected forms

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