preattend

English

Etymology

pre- +‎ attend

Verb

preattend (third-person singular simple present preattends, present participle preattending, simple past and past participle preattended)

1. To attend ahead of time; to pay attention to or consider in advance.
   • 1995, J.M. Findlay, R. Walker, R.W. Kentridge, Eye Movement Research: Mechanisms, Processes and Applications, →ISBN:

     While it had been previously concluded (Posner, 1980) that preattended locations are reached after shorter (manual) reaction times in comparison with non attended ones, the investigators mentioned above found, on the other hand, that saccadic reaction times were delayed for attended target locations.

   • 2002, David W. Barnett, Susan H. Bell, Karen T. Carey, Designing Preschool Interventions: A Practitioner's Guide, →ISBN, page 174:

     Preattending is a preliminary step in learning; it involves looking at the materials, listening, and sitting quietly during instruction.

   • 2016, Agricultural Decision Making, →ISBN, page Peggy F. Barlett:

     The reason for this approach, in terms of the argument presented in this chapter, is that only the farmers can fully preattend to the effects of a recommendation on...

Anagrams

• depattern, patterned