Definition of "pretest" []

• A preliminary test administered to determine a student's baseline knowledge or preparedness for an educational experience or course of study. (noun)
• A test taken for practice. (noun)
• The advance testing of something, such as a questionnaire, product, or idea. (noun)
• To subject to or conduct a pretest. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "From the ETS's point of view, the statistical pretest is essential; how else can it guarantee, year after year, that the test will measure just the same things, in just the same way?"
• "The European vote has become a "pretest" for national elections set for October, says Ivan Gabal, a political consultant in Prague."
• "With the 2009 set to kick off, USA TODAY grades each team's offseason, the pretest before the real exams begin:"