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preassessing

preassessing is the present participle and gerund of preassess.

Meaning of preassess

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

Questions about preassessing

What is preassessing the present participle and gerund of?
Preassessing is the present participle and gerund of preassess.

Words near preassessing in the dictionary

  1. preassembly
  2. preasses
  3. preassess
  4. preassessed
  5. preassesses
  6. preassessing
  7. preassessment
  8. preassign
  9. preassigned
  10. preassigning
  11. preassigns

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