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preregister

preregister verb: to register for something (especially for a course of education) prior to its start.

Verb

preregister (third-person singular simple present preregisters, present participle preregistering, simple past and past participle preregistered)

  1. (intransitive) To register for something (especially for a course of education) prior to its start.
  2. (transitive) To register or enroll (a person, especially a student) prior to the start of something.
  3. (intransitive, transitive, methodology) To register (a study design and its planned statistical analysis) before the study by reporting (them) in the scientific literature via a registered report.

Forms of preregister

third-person singular presentpreregisters
present participlepreregistering
past participlepreregistered
pastpreregistered

Origin of preregister

From pre- + register.

Questions about preregister

What does preregister mean?
Preregister means to register for something (especially for a course of education) prior to its start.
What part of speech is preregister?
Preregister is a verb.
What is the past tense of preregister?
The past tense of preregister is preregistered.

Words near preregister in the dictionary

  1. prereferral
  2. prereflective
  3. prereform
  4. prereformational
  5. prerefunded
  6. preregister
  7. preregistered
  8. preregistering
  9. preregisters
  10. preregistration
  11. preregistrations

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