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US
/pɹiˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi, pɹɪˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi/
]
[ UK /pɹɪlˈɪmɪnəɹi/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪlˈɪmɪnəɹi/ ]
NOUN
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something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
training is a necessary preliminary to employment
drinks were the overture to dinner - a minor match preceding the main event
ADJECTIVE
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denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important
a preliminary investigation
How To Use preliminary In A Sentence
- The preliminary research showed that the material used of the piston rod is unqualified , casting aliquation and much S element result in cracking on the edge of the casting aliquation.
- A preliminary review of the local mineralogy was subsequently written by Endlich, who noted the presence of aragonite, chabazite, calcite, mesolite, and natrolite, in addition to ‘leucite.’
- Therefore, this study applies the results to generate a preliminary IR-CPU Detecting System.
- The approach is preliminary in nature and there can be no certainty that an offer will ultimately be forthcoming.
- Preliminary analysis: death from overdose of coldsleep drugs, combined with oxygen starvation and dehydration when cocoon failed to properly deploy. The City Who Fought
- A preliminary glossary of Inuktitut words relating to bowheads, whaling, and related topics has been prepared, but it is not included in the book, as it awaits verification by Inuit elders.
- Had A.C. M. recollected that tobacco (_Nicotiana_) is an American plant, he would hardly have asked whether "_tobacco_ is the word in the original" of the tradition mentioned by Sale in his _Preliminary Discourse_, § 5.p. 123. (4to. ed. Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc
- The arbitral tribunal may rule on a plea referred to in paragraph of this article either as a preliminary question or in an award on the merits.
- A Superior Court judge ruled after a preliminary hearing Monday that there was enough evidence for 41-year-old Melvin Shane Sparks to stand trial on six counts of lewd acts on a child and two counts of oral copulation of a person under 16. Melvin Shane Sparks, MTV Dance Judge, Ordered To Trial On Child Oral Sex, Lewd Acts Charges
- Neither the preliminary interview nor the consultation seemed to define what patients actually worried about.