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preassess

preassess verb: to assess before acting.

Verb

preassess (third-person singular simple present preassesses, present participle preassessing, simple past and past participle preassessed)

  1. To assess before acting.
    • One reason many educators are hesitant to preassess is because they feel they can't lose those few minutes of instruction time to preassessment.2007, Julia Link Roberts, Tracy Ford Inman, Strategies for Differentiating Instruction, →ISBN
    • You need to preassess everything you teach.2009, Nancy P. Gallavan, Developing Performance-Based Assessments, Grades 6-12, →ISBN, page 56

Forms of preassess

third-person singular presentpreassesses
present participlepreassessing
past participlepreassessed
pastpreassessed

Origin of preassess

From pre- + assess.

Questions about preassess

What does preassess mean?
Preassess means to assess before acting.
What part of speech is preassess?
Preassess is a verb.
What is the past tense of preassess?
The past tense of preassess is preassessed.

Words near preassess in the dictionary

  1. preassembles
  2. preassemblies
  3. preassembling
  4. preassembly
  5. preasses
  6. preassess
  7. preassessed
  8. preassesses
  9. preassessing
  10. preassessment
  11. preassign

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