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preliminary
 
Adjective preliminary has 1 sense
  1. preliminary - designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; "a preliminary investigation"
    Antonyms:     nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexploratory, unexplorative (indirect, via exploratory)
Noun preliminary has 2 senses
  1. preliminary, prelim - a minor match preceding the main event
    --1 is a kind of athletic contest, athletic competition, athletics
  2. 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
prelature prelevalent prelevant prelim preliminaries preliminarily preliminarly preliminarty preliminary preliminary exam preliminary examination preliminary injunction preliminary prospectus prelimminary prelims prelinear preliterate

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