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Definition of prescreen - 2 dictionary results

pre⋅screen

  [pree-skreen]
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–verb (used with object)
to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.
Origin:
1965–70; pre- + screen
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pre·screen   (prē-skrēn')   
tr.v.   pre·screened, pre·screen·ing, pre·screens

  1. To view (a movie) before release for public showing.

  2. To examine or interview before further selection processes occur: prescreen applicants for interviews.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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