prescreen

American  

[pree-skreen] / priˈskrin /

verb (used with object)

1. to screen in advance; select before a more detailed selecting process.

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Etymology

Origin of prescreen

First recorded in 1965–70; pre- + screen

Example Sentences

You can prescreen it, but who are you prescreening it to?

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2025

Many need to prescreen and train volunteers, which is time-consuming.

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2022

Online advertisements, for example, are generally done through embedding, and the website operator often does not prescreen the ads.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2018

But I worry that companies using automated systems to prescreen candidates will discount my experience as irrelevant because of my title.

From New York Times • Jul. 8, 2016

“They just make you audition to, like, prescreen you,” Joe said.

From "The First Rule of Punk" by Celia C. Pérez