"preregister" meaning in English

See preregister in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: preregisters [present, singular, third-person], preregistering [participle, present], preregistered [participle, past], preregistered [past]
Etymology: From pre- + register. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|pre|register}} pre- + register Head templates: {{en-verb}} preregister (third-person singular simple present preregisters, present participle preregistering, simple past and past participle preregistered)
  1. (intransitive) To register for something (especially for a course of education) prior to its start. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-preregister-en-verb-jUx3cV73 Categories (other): 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: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 37 35
  2. (transitive) To register or enroll (a person, especially a student) prior to the start of something. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-preregister-en-verb-KyWjR17c Categories (other): 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: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 37 35
  3. (transitive, intransitive, methodology) To register (a study design and its planned statistical analysis) before the study by reporting (them) in the scientific literature via a registered report. Tags: intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-preregister-en-verb-hBtpHG~9 Categories (other): 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: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with pre-: 35 38 27 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 35 36 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 37 35
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: preregistration

Inflected forms

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