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preregister

verb

  1. register officially in advance
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Wiktionary

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *preh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-i Proto-Indo-European *préh₂i? Proto-Italic *prai Proto-Italic *prai- Latin prae-lbor. Middle English pre- English pre- English register English preregister From pre- + register.

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