ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Foretest

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Foretest is a noun meaning A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.

Meaning

A test conducted or given beforehand; a preliminary test conducted before the inception of an experiment or evaluation.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To test beforehand or in advance.
  2. (transitive, rare) To give evidence for beforehand or in advance.

Example Sentences

This procedure provided a foretest, inspection period, and aftertest, and each 5 underwent one such trial series.
This indicates that probably Muslims foretested a greater importance in the diplomatic corps than the modern western states.
The instrument used in this study would be helpful to foretest advisees and hence would facilitate advisor's work in the direction of detecting maladjustments.
Even if he had found positive transfer effects, one could have attributed the gain to the practice effect during the foretest rather than to the improvement of memory per se.

Word Forms

Antonyms for foretest

Common opposites include aftertest.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pretest, pre-test, forestage, pretester, pretrial, preobservation.

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