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

Building apps allow users to upload identification and other credentials, like their vaccine status, and offer the flexibility to add functions like health questionnaires that prescreen employees or visitors before their arrival.

From New York Times • Feb. 15, 2022

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

From Washington Post • Jan. 16, 2022

But message board–type websites—precursors to today’s social media—didn’t exercise such editorial control; many didn’t even prescreen users’ posts.

From Slate • Jun. 19, 2019

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

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