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• Preliminaries

  adjective 1. preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations. noun, plural preliminaries. 2. something preliminary, as an introductory or preparatory step, measure, contest, etc.: He passed the preliminary and went on to the finals. 3. a boxing match or other athletic contest that takes place before the […]

• Preliminarily

  adjective 1. preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations. noun, plural preliminaries. 2. something preliminary, as an introductory or preparatory step, measure, contest, etc.: He passed the preliminary and went on to the finals. 3. a boxing match or other athletic contest that takes place before the […]

• Preliminary

  adjective 1. preceding and leading up to the main part, matter, or business; introductory; preparatory: preliminary examinations. noun, plural preliminaries. 2. something preliminary, as an introductory or preparatory step, measure, contest, etc.: He passed the preliminary and went on to the finals. 3. a boxing match or other athletic contest that takes place before the […]

• Prelimit

  verb (used with object) 1. to limit within bounds beforehand: The chairman prelimited his speech to 10 minutes.

• Prelims

  noun, Informal. 1. preliminary. plural noun 1. Also called front matter. the pages of a book, such as the title page and contents, before the main text 2. the first public examinations taken for the bachelor’s degree in some universities 3. (in Scotland) the school examinations taken as practice before public examinations prelim prelim 1. […]

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