Definition of Screen out

1. Verb. Examine in order to test suitability. "Screen the job applicants"

Exact synonyms: Screen, Sieve, Sort
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

screen actor
screen background
screen capture
screen captures
screen defense
screen door
screen font
screen memory
screen motion capture
screen name
screen off
screen out (current term)
screen printing
screen reader
screen saver
screen savers
screen test
screen time
screen wall
screen walls
screenable
screenager
screenagers
screenbound
screenburn

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 ..."

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