Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To view (a movie) before release for public showing.
- transitive verb To examine or interview before further selection processes occur.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
screen in advance for potential problems
Etymologies
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Examples
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Does anyone "prescreen" people who are polled to determine if they even know enough to provide anything resembling an informed and intelligent opinion?
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A UPS was an unsanctioned prescreen, meaning the two Op-Center agents had a look around without the benefit of a search warrant.
Call to Treason Clancy, Tom, 1947- 2004
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WATCH a preview for Ennis' "The Arm," a short about love and texting, at prescreen.com.
Jessie Ennis: The Sundance Diaries: SUNDANCE IS MY BOYFRIEND Jessie Ennis 2012
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WATCH a preview for Ennis' "The Arm," a short about love and texting, at prescreen.com.
Jessie Ennis: The Sundance Diaries: SUNDANCE IS MY BOYFRIEND Jessie Ennis 2012
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WATCH a preview for Ennis' "The Arm," a short about love and texting, at prescreen.com.
Jessie Ennis: The Sundance Diaries: SUNDANCE IS MY BOYFRIEND Jessie Ennis 2012
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In a statement, YouTube said the company doesn't permit graphic content or anything that encourages dangerous or harmful activities, but it said it can't possibly prescreen videos; 2 billion videos are viewed on the site each day; users upload 35 hours of video a minute.
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WATCH a preview for Ennis' "The Arm," a short about love and texting, at prescreen.com.
Jessie Ennis: The Sundance Diaries: SUNDANCE IS MY BOYFRIEND Jessie Ennis 2012
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"The buyer has the opportunity to prescreen all the homes online and see only the few that really shine online," Mr. Huskey says, so a seller should do everything he or she can to get on a buyer's shortlist of homes to physically visit.
Housing Remains a Buyer's Market Amy Hoak 2012
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WATCH a preview for Ennis' "The Arm," a short about love and texting, at prescreen.com.
Jessie Ennis: The Sundance Diaries: SUNDANCE IS MY BOYFRIEND Jessie Ennis 2012
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In a statement, YouTube said the company doesn't permit graphic content or anything that encourages dangerous or harmful activities, but it said it can't possibly prescreen videos; 2 billion videos are viewed on the site each day; users upload 35 hours of video a minute.
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