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preliminary

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[ US /pɹiˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi, pɹɪˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi/ ]
[ UK /pɹɪlˈɪmɪnəɹi/ ]
NOUN
  1. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
    training is a necessary preliminary to employment
    drinks were the overture to dinner
  2. a minor match preceding the main event
ADJECTIVE
  1. 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.
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