Meanings
- not comparablePrior to taking a test.
“Just popped an Addie, so I’m good to go” — this sort of pretest attitude has become pervasive. Conversations with several students suggested Adderall was always available, costing from $2 to $5 a pill.
2013 March 4, Roger Cohen, “The Competition Drug”, in The New York Times
plural pretests
- A preliminary test, given in advance of instruction or evaluation.
Synonyms: foretest
present singular third person pretests · participle present pretesting · participle past pretested · past pretested
- transitiveTo administer a pretest to.
- intransitiveTo carry out a pretest.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA preliminary test, given in advance of instruction or evaluation.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
- Proto-Italic*prai
- Proto-Italic*prai-
- Latinprae-
- Middle Englishpre-
- Englishpre-
- Englishtest
- Englishpretest
Translations
German Pretest, Vortest
- PretestA test given in advance of instruction or evaluation
- VortestA test given in advance of instruction or evaluation
- VorabtestA test given in advance of instruction or evaluation
- ErsttestA test given in advance of instruction or evaluation
- PrätestA test given in advance of instruction or evaluation
- EingangstestA test given in advance of instruction or evaluation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with pretest
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Cite this entry
pretest. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretest
“pretest.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretest. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pretest,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pretest.
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