prescreen

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ screen

Verb

prescreen (third-person singular simple present prescreens, present participle prescreening, simple past and past participle prescreened)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To 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.

   • 2007 January 20, Damon Darlin, “Don’t Call. Don’t Write. Let Me Be.”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

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

Noun

prescreen (plural prescreens)

1. A prescreening.