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preassess

verb

Etymology

From pre- + assess.

  1. derived from assessus
  2. derived from assessare
  3. derived from assesser
  4. inherited from assessen
  5. prefixed as preassess — “pre + assess”

Definitions

  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.
    • You need to preassess everything you teach.
    • Alcoholism, having a quick temper, coldness or distance, being into porn, or being stuck up or noncommittal. These are things we have to honestly preassess.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA