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preinterview

preinterview adjective: before an interview.

Adjective

preinterview (not comparable)

  1. Before an interview.

Verb

preinterview (third-person singular simple present preinterviews, present participle preinterviewing, simple past and past participle preinterviewed)

  1. (transitive) To interview (somebody) as a preliminary step, e.g. to plan for a full interview later.

Forms of preinterview

third-person singular presentpreinterviews
present participlepreinterviewing
past participlepreinterviewed
pastpreinterviewed

Origin of preinterview

From pre- + interview.

Questions about preinterview

What does preinterview mean?
Preinterview means before an interview.
What part of speech is preinterview?
Preinterview can be an adjective or a verb.

Words near preinterview in the dictionary

  1. preinterpreting
  2. preinterprets
  3. preintervention
  4. preinterventional
  5. preinterventionally
  6. preinterview
  7. preinterviewed
  8. preinterviewing
  9. preinterviews
  10. preintestinal
  11. preintimation

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