preregistration
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From pre- + registration.
Noun
[edit]preregistration (countable and uncountable, plural preregistrations)
- An early registration, before the normal or traditional time, as with early online check-in at hotels.
- 1980 December 13, “Develop Your Career”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 21, page 2:
- There is no charge for participation but pre-registration is necessary since space is limited.
- Registration (of a study design) before a clinical trial (or any other type of scientific experiment) begins, for methodologic and thus epistemologic rigor.
Adjective
[edit]preregistration (not comparable)
- Before registration.
- a preregistration check
- (In attributive position, as noun adjunct) Pertaining to preregistration (of scientific trials or other experiments).