preassess

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verb

To assess before acting.

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Meanings

verbpreassess (third-person singular simple present preassesses, present participle preassessing, simple past and past participle preassessed)

present singular third person preassesses · participle present preassessing · participle past preassessed · past preassessed

  1. To assess before acting.

    You need to preassess everything you teach.

    2009, Nancy P. Gallavan, Developing Performance-Based Assessments, Grades 6-12, →ISBN, page 56
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    One reason many educators are hesitant to preassess is because they feel they can't lose those few minutes of instruction time to preassessment.

    2007, Julia Link Roberts, Tracy Ford Inman, Strategies for Differentiating Instruction, →ISBN

    Alcoholism, having a quick temper, coldness or distance, being into porn, or being stuck up or noncommittal. These are things we have to honestly preassess.

    2011, Shae Cooke, Single Parent's Guide to Love, Dating, and Relationships, →ISBN

Origin

From pre- + assess.

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APA

preassess. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preassess

MLA

“preassess.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preassess. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preassess,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preassess.

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