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pre-intervention

pre-intervention

6.4
Happening before a program or treatment begins
  • adjective
translation icon : preintervención
  • The pre-intervention assessment helped identify areas needing improvement before any changes were made.

Examples

  • All pre-intervention data must be recorded to measure the true impact of the treatment.

  • Researchers compared pre-intervention test scores with those collected after the program was introduced.

  • The pre-intervention data showed significant differences.

  • We need to analyze the pre-intervention results carefully.

  • Researchers compared pre-intervention test scores with those collected after the program was introduced.

  • The pre-intervention assessment helped identify areas needing improvement before any changes were made.

  • All pre-intervention data must be recorded to measure the true impact of the treatment.

Surface Forms

pre-intervention positive

Morphology

pre-intervention = intervention (transparent) = pre + intervene + tion

The prefix 'pre-' straightforwardly means 'before', so 'pre-intervention' clearly means existing or occurring before an intervention.

Etymology

Pre-intervention starts with pre- meaning 'before' and ends with intervention, from intervene meaning 'to step in' or 'help'. So pre-intervention describes the time, condition, or data that exist before someone steps in to help or before a treatment begins.