Look up: preliminary

1. preliminary
   [Adjective] At the beginning, usually to prepare for something.
   Example: Preliminary research showed they were sick.
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2. preliminary
   [Adjective] Things that happen at the start of a series of events are said to be preliminary
   Example: The preliminary findings of the committee were that the road should not be built.
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3. preliminary
   [adj] - designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding 2. [n] - a minor match preceding the main event 3. [n] - something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
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4. preliminary
   an addition made by a full-adder unit in a parallel-adder system that does not take into account a possible input at the carry-in terminal resulting from the addition of bits of lower significance Category: Electrical engineering and energy • first version of a paper or document which is...
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5. Preliminary
   Pre·lim'i·na·ry adjective [ Prefix pre + Latin liminaris belonging to a threshold, from limen , liminis , threshold, entrance: confer French préliminaire . Confer Limit .] Introductory; previous; preceding ...
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/150
   
   
6. Preliminary
   Pre·lim'i·na·ry noun ; plural Preliminaries 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<...
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7. preliminary
   Lying before: leading to: being at the threshold of. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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8. preliminary
   adjective designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; `a preliminary investigation`
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9. preliminary
   prelim noun a minor match preceding the main event
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10. preliminary
    prelude noun something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; `training is a necessary preliminary to employment`; `drinks were the overture to dinner`
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11. Preliminary
    • (n.) 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. • (a.) Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or busi...
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12. preliminary
    lying before : leading to : being at the threshold of.
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13. preliminary
    
    • a minor match preceding the main event
    • something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
    
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