SCREEN OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does screen out mean? 

• SCREEN OUT (verb)
  The verb SCREEN OUT has 1 sense:

1. examine in order to test suitability

  Familiarity information: SCREEN OUT used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCREEN OUT (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Examine in order to test suitability

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

screen; screen out; sieve; sort

Context example:

screen the job applicants

Hypernyms (to "screen out" is one way to...):

choose; pick out; select; take (pick out, select, or choose from a number of alternatives)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

This entire month seems to be a highly creative time for you, provided that you screen out people who waste your time, or worse, give you continual advice or criticism.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

You seem very focused on what you are doing, and you appear to want to screen out distractions.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

This year you will do your best work while working alone, where you can screen out distractions from others.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)