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preliminary preliminary definition

preliminary


 
  Grep  of  noun  preliminary 
  preliminary 
  preliminary  exam 
  preliminary  examination 
 
  Overview  of  noun  preliminary 
 
  The  noun  preliminary  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  preliminary,  prelim  --  (a  minor  match  preceding  the  main  event) 
  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") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  preliminary 
 
  The  adj  preliminary  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  preliminary  --  (designed  to  orient  or  acquaint  with  the  a  situation  before  proceeding;  "a  preliminary  investigation") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  preliminary 
 
  1  sense  of  preliminary 
 
  Sense  1 
  preliminary 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  exploratory)  ->  nonexploratory,  nonexplorative,  unexploratory,  unexplorative 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  preliminary 
 
  1  sense  of  preliminary 
 
  Sense  1 
  preliminary 
  =>  exploratory  (vs.  nonexploratory),  explorative 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  preliminary 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  preliminary 
 
  preliminary  used  as  an  adjective  is  very  rare  (polysemy  count  =  1) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  preliminary 
  preliminary 
 
  Overview  of  noun  preliminary 
 
  The  noun  preliminary  has  2  senses  (no  senses  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  preliminary,  prelim  --  (a  minor  match  preceding  the  main  event) 
  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") 
 
  Overview  of  adj  preliminary 
 
  The  adj  preliminary  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (11)  preliminary  --  (designed  to  orient  or  acquaint  with  the  a  situation  before  proceeding;  "a  preliminary  investigation") 



preliminary definition