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preregistration

noun

  1. act of official registration in advance
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Wiktionary

adj

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 registration English preregistration From pre- + registration.

  1. Before registration.

    a preregistration check

  2. Pertaining to preregistration (of scientific trials or other experiments).

noun

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 registration English preregistration From pre- + registration.

  1. An early registration, before the normal or traditional time, as with early online check-in at hotels.

    There is no charge for participation but pre-registration is necessary since space is limited.

  2. Registration (of a study design) before a clinical trial (or any other type of scientific experiment) begins, for methodologic and thus epistemologic rigor.