"foretest" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From fore- + test.",
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          "ref": "1964, Perceptual and Motor Skills",
          "text": "This procedure provided a foretest, inspection period, and aftertest, and each 5 underwent one such trial series.",
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        {
          "ref": "1972, Morris E. Eson, Psychological foundations of education",
          "text": "Even if he had found positive transfer effects, one could have attributed the gain to the practice effect during the foretest rather than to the improvement of memory per se.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2014, Robert S. Woodworth, Donald G. Marquis, Psychology (Psychology Revivals): A Study of Mental Life",
          "text": "The children who made very low ascendancy scores in the foretest were then trained by the experimenter till they had complete mastery of certain play materials—blocks for building certain designs, a jigsaw puzzle, a picture book with its story—[…]",
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        "A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation."
      ],
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        [
          "beforehand",
          "beforehand"
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    }
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  "word": "foretest"
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      "form": "foretested",
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  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "1977, Research Journal of the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University",
          "text": "The instrument used in this study would be helpful to foretest advisees and hence would facilitate advisor's work in the direction of detecting maladjustments."
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        "To test beforehand or in advance."
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        "(transitive) To test beforehand or in advance."
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          "ref": "1988, Indian Journal of Politics",
          "text": "This indicates that probably Muslims foretested a greater importance in the diplomatic corps than the modern western states."
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        "To give evidence for beforehand or in advance."
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        "(transitive, rare) To give evidence for beforehand or in advance."
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          "ref": "1972, Morris E. Eson, Psychological foundations of education",
          "text": "Even if he had found positive transfer effects, one could have attributed the gain to the practice effect during the foretest rather than to the improvement of memory per se.",
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        },
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          "beforehand",
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  "etymology_text": "From fore- + test.",
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        {
          "ref": "1977, Research Journal of the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University",
          "text": "The instrument used in this study would be helpful to foretest advisees and hence would facilitate advisor's work in the direction of detecting maladjustments."
        }
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        "To test beforehand or in advance."
      ],
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        "(transitive) To test beforehand or in advance."
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        }
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        "To give evidence for beforehand or in advance."
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        "(transitive, rare) To give evidence for beforehand or in advance."
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