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preliminary    音标拼音: [prɪl'ɪmən,ɛri] [pril'ɪmən,ɛri]
n. 初步行动,准备,初步措施,初试
a. 初步的,开始的,预备的

初步行动,准备,初步措施,初试初步的,开始的,预备的

preliminary
初步

preliminary
adj 1: denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation
for something more important; designed to orient or
acquaint with a situation before proceeding; "a
preliminary investigation"
n 1: a minor match preceding the main event [synonym: {preliminary},
{prelim}]
2: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what
follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment";
"drinks were the overture to dinner" [synonym: {preliminary},
{overture}, {prelude}]

Preliminary \Pre*lim"i*na*ry\, a. [Pref. pre L. liminaris
belonging to a threshold, fr. limen, liminis, threshold,
entrance: cf. F. pr['e]liminaire. Cf. {Limit}.]
Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or
business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a
discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty;
preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
[1913 Webster]

Syn: Introductory; preparatory; prefatory; proemial;
previous; prior; precedent; antecedent.
[1913 Webster]


Preliminary \Pre*lim"i*na*ry\, n.; pl. {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 the year before entering college.
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Syn: Introduction; preface; prelude.
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117 Moby Thesaurus words for "preliminary":
advance, advanced, antecedent, anterior, arrangement, avant-garde,
avant-propos, basic training, beginning, breakthrough, briefing,
chief, clearing the decks, coming out, curtain raiser, debut,
embarkation, embarkment, equipment, exordial, exordium,
exploratory, familiarization, first, first appearance, fixing,
floating, flotation, foremost, forerunning, foreword, foundation,
front matter, frontispiece, groundwork, headmost, inaugural,
inaugural address, inauguration, induction, initial, initiation,
initiatory, innovation, installation, installment, introduction,
introductory, launching, leading, leap, maiden speech, makeready,
making ready, manufacture, mobilization, opener, opening, original,
overture, planning, postulate, preamble, prearrangement,
precedence, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory,
preface, prefatory, prefix, prefixed, prefixture, preliminaries,
preliminary act, preliminary step, prelude, preludial, prelusive,
premise, premonitory, prep, preparation, preparatory,
preparatory study, preparing, prepositive, prepping, prerequisite,
presupposition, pretreatment, prevenient, prior, processing,
prodromal, prodrome, prodromic, proem, proemial, prolegomena,
prolegomenon, prolepsis, prologue, propaedeutic, protasis,
provision, readying, spadework, training, treatment, trial, tryout,
unveiling, verse, voluntary, warm-up


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  • PRELIMINARY Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of PRELIMINARY is coming before and usually forming a necessary prelude to something else How to use preliminary in a sentence coming before and usually forming a necessary prelude to something else… See the full definition Games; Word of the Day; Grammar; Wordplay; Slang; Rhymes; Word Finder; Thesaurus; Join MWU
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    PRELIMINARY definition: 1 coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing for it: 2… Learn more





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