preliminaries

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Noun preliminary has 2 senses

preliminary, prelim - a minor match preceding the main event
--₁ is a kind of athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
preliminary, overture, prelude - 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 is a kind of origin, origination, inception

prelapsarian prelate prelates prelatic prelature prelevalent prelevant prelim preliminaries preliminarily preliminarly preliminarty preliminary preliminary exam preliminary examination preliminary injunction preliminary prospectus

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