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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")
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