prefilter

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verb

To filter in advance.

“The prefiltered data was fed to a computer program for analysis.”

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Meanings

verbprefilter (third-person singular simple present prefilters, present participle prefiltering, simple past and past participle prefiltered)

present singular third person prefilters · participle present prefiltering · participle past prefiltered · past prefiltered · alternative pre-filter

  1. transitiveTo filter in advance.

    The prefiltered data was fed to a computer program for analysis.

    1 more example

    Facebook does not allow for pre-moderation of comments on pages and comments cannot be turned off, however NSW supreme court justice Stephen Rothman had argued that the media companies could have used a word filter using extremely common words to pre-filter the majority of comments to only be visible to the page owner and that user and their friends.

    2020 June 1, Josh Taylor, “Australian media companies face defamation liability for comments on Facebook after court dismisses appeal”, in The Guardian
nounprefilter (plural prefilters)

plural prefilters · alternative pre-filter

  1. A filter used in advance.

Origin

From pre- + filter.

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APA

prefilter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefilter

MLA

“prefilter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefilter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prefilter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prefilter.

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