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Definitions for preliminary
prɪˈlɪm əˌnɛr ipre·lim·i·na·ry

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. preliminary, prelimnoun

    a minor match preceding the main event

  2. preliminary, overture, preludeadjective

    something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

    "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

  3. preliminaryadjective

    denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding

    "a preliminary investigation"

Wiktionary

  1. preliminarynoun

    A preparation for a main matter; an introduction

  2. preliminarynoun

    Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists

  3. preliminarynoun

    A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing

  4. preliminaryadjective

    in preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory

    These are just the preliminary results.

  5. Etymology: From the préliminaire or from the Modern praeliminaris, formed from prae + limen, + -aris (adjectival suffix); compare the liminaris.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Preliminaryadjective

    Previous; introductory; proemial.

    Etymology: preliminaire, Fr. præ limine, Lat.

    My master needed not the assistance of that preliminary poet to prove his claim; his own majestick mien discovers him to be the king. Dryden.

  2. Preliminarynoun

    Something previous; preparatory measures.

    The third consists of the ceremonies of the oath on both sides, and the preliminaries to the combat. Notes on Iliad.

ChatGPT

  1. preliminary

    Preliminary refers to an action or event that precedes or prepares for the main or more important matter. It is often used to indicate the introductory or first steps, procedures, studies, or competitions that lead to the final event or result.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Preliminaryadjective

    introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations

  2. Preliminarynoun

    that which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Preliminary

    prē-lim′in-ar-i, adj. introductory: preparatory: preceding or preparing for the main discourse or business.—n. that which precedes: introduction—used mostly in pl.adv. Prelim′inarily. [L. præ, before, liminaris, relating to a threshold—limen, liminis, a threshold.]

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'preliminary' in Adjectives Frequency: #670

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of preliminary in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of preliminary in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of preliminary in a Sentence

  1. The FIA:

    There shall be a preliminary hearing to determine if a 'new element' as defined in...the Code exists, this will be followed by another hearing to conduct the review(s), if any new element is determined by the stewards to exist.

  2. Ahmad Zahid:

    I reckon it was a preliminary finding and eventually I think the number would be more than that.

  3. Jeff Hauser:

    Unfortunately, this preliminary injunction is yet another example of judges legislating from the bench, this action, if it is allowed to stand, will invalidate the votes of millions of North Carolinians who voted overwhelmingly to implement voter ID and strengthen the integrity of N.C. elections.

  4. Facebook Inc:

    The preliminary report's near-exclusive focus on protecting certain publishers from disruption and competition is at odds with the ACCC's mandate to promote competition.

  5. Robert DePalma:

    But two of those were wildly different in composition. You had spikes in chromium and nickel and some other elements that are only common in meteoritic material and those fragments based on our preliminary analysis... are almost certainly of cosmic origin. this example of what might be a little tiny fragment, maybe micrograms, of the colliding asteroid -- the fact that a record of that is preserved, would be mind-blowing.

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