Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for prescreen. Search instead for prescreened.

prescreen

American  
[pree-skreen] / priˈskrin /

verb (used with object)

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


Etymology

Origin of prescreen

First recorded in 1965–70; pre- + screen


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

U.S. officials plan to set up 100 processing centers throughout the Western Hemisphere, starting with two in Guatemala and Colombia, to prescreen migrants for refugee eligibility and other legal pathways.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2023

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

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training