prescreen

present singular third person prescreens · participle present prescreening · participle past prescreened · past prescreened

1. ambitransitiveTo screen in advance for potential problems, especially as a preliminary screening before further screening.

   We'll prescreen with a questionnaire, and for candidates who get past that stage, we'll screen further with an interview.

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   Opting out of prescreened offers of credit might also be useful when you apply for a mortgage.

   2007 January 20, Damon Darlin, “Don’t Call. Don’t Write. Let Me Be.”, in New York Times

plural prescreens

1. A prescreening.