previsit
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]previsit (not comparable)
- Prior to a visit.
- 1960, Richard H. Blum, The management of the doctor-patient relationship, page 152:
- The importance and nature of the patient's previsit fantasies about the kind of relationship which will develop depends upon the social background and the personality of the patient.
- 2004, Deborah L. Walker, Sara M. Larch, Elizabeth W. Woodcock, The Physician Billing Process, →ISBN:
- The previsit process is vital to ensuring accurate and timely receipt of information regarding the patient's ability to pay, yet many medical practices ignore this process.
- 2010, Michael D. LaGrega, Phillip L. Buckingham, Jeffrey C. Evans, Hazardous Waste Management, →ISBN, page 341:
- Preaudit preparation will include obtaining previsit information from facilities targeted for auditing, preparing the audit plan, developing the audit protocol, and establishing a schedule.
Noun
[edit]previsit (plural previsits)
- A prior visit.
- 1975, Brenda Van Zoost, Psychological Readings for the Dental Profession, page 42:
- Rosengarten brought children to the dentist for a previsit.
- 2000, Administrative Register of Kentucky:
- No later than one (1) month prior to the scheduled on-site evaluation visit, the EPSB shall conduct a previsit to the institution to make a final review of the arrangements.
- 2008, David Amadeus Panckeri, Love Is Lust First: An Autobiography of Passion, →ISBN, page 49:
- Maybe my awkward encounter in 1967 was really a previsit from Alessandra?
Verb
[edit]previsit (third-person singular simple present previsits, present participle previsiting, simple past and past participle previsited)
- To visit beforehand.
- 1959, Vincent McGuire, Your student teaching in the secondary school, page 127:
- In order to develop a file that will be especially helpful to you during student teaching, try to previsit your cooperating teacher and find out what specific areas you will be teaching with him.
- 2002, Barry Brown, Nicola Green, Richard Harper, Wireless world: social and interactional aspects of the mobile age, →ISBN:
- Virilio, and indeed McLuhan before him, have commented on the tendency to previsit locations, through one medium or another; to actually arrive somewhere is no longer surprising in the way that it was; and indeed Virilio suggests it is bcoming replaced by prevision.
- 2007, Visual Arts Research - Volumes 64-65, page 94:
- Planning a museum tour requires the art teacher to previsit the museum and become familiar with the buildings and collections, select a particular exhibit that relates to a theme the teacher wants to teach, and prepare students for a visit.