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Definition of Screen out
1. Verb. Examine in order to test suitability. "Screen the job applicants"
Generic synonyms: Choose, Pick Out, Select, Take
Derivative terms: Screener, Screening, Sort
Definition of Screen out
1. Verb. to use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small objects or particles ¹
2. Verb. (figuratively) to exclude ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Screen Out
Literary usage of Screen out
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1905)
"What is needed is to loosen up the roadway and screen out the dirt—then roll down
the ... screen out ..."
2. Internet Indecency: Hearing Before the Committee on Commerce, Science, and edited by John McCain (1998)
"In your written statement you said today companies like ours, which act responsibly
and screen out minors, are lumped together with those that do not. ..."
3. Productive Soils: The Fundamentals of Successful Soil Management and by Wilbert Walter Weir (1920)
"Repeat the experiment by using a fine sand (screen out all coarse material), and
a mixture of coarse and fine sand. Questions.—(a) What is the relation ..."
4. A Technical Aassistance Manual on the Employment Provisions (Title I) of the ... (1993)
"qualification standards, tests, or selection criteria that screens out or tends
to screen out or otherwise denies a job or benefit to an individual with a ..."
5. Americans with Disabilities Act Handbook, 1991 (1993)
"REGULATION qualification standards, tests, or selection criteria that screens
out or tends to screen out or otherwise denies a job or benefit to an ..."