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foretest

foretest noun: a test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.

Noun

foretest (plural foretests)

  1. A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.
    • This procedure provided a foretest, inspection period, and aftertest, and each 5 underwent one such trial series.1964, Perceptual and Motor Skills
    • Even if he had found positive transfer effects, one could have attributed the gain to the practice effect during the foretest rather than to the improvement of memory per se.1972, Morris E. Eson, Psychological foundations of education

Verb

foretest (third-person singular simple present foretests, present participle foretesting, simple past and past participle foretested)

  1. (transitive) To test beforehand or in advance.
    • The instrument used in this study would be helpful to foretest advisees and hence would facilitate advisor's work in the direction of detecting maladjustments.1977, Research Journal of the Shreemati Nathibai Damodar Thackersey Women's University
  2. (rare, transitive) To give evidence for beforehand or in advance.
    • This indicates that probably Muslims foretested a greater importance in the diplomatic corps than the modern western states.1988, Indian Journal of Politics

Antonyms of foretest

Forms of foretest

Noun
pluralforetests
Verb
third-person singular presentforetests
present participleforetesting
past participleforetested
pastforetested

Origin of foretest

From fore- + test.

Questions about foretest

What does foretest mean?
Foretest means a test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.
What part of speech is foretest?
Foretest can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of foretest?
The plural of foretest is foretests.

Words near foretest in the dictionary

  1. foretelleth
  2. foretelling
  3. foretellings
  4. foretells
  5. foretels
  6. foretest
  7. foretested
  8. foretesting
  9. foretests
  10. forethigh
  11. forethighs

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