preliminary
preliminary Lexical Profile
preliminary Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.
"The researchers shared their preliminary findings at the conference before publishing the final report."
• noun
An action or event preceding or preparing for something fuller or more important (usually used in the plural).
"Once the polite preliminaries were over, the two directors began negotiating the terms of the contract."
A preliminary round, match, or examination before a main competition or academic test.
"She easily won her heat in the preliminaries and qualified for the championship race on Saturday."
• Rhymes for preliminary
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed in the mid-17th century from French préliminaire or Modern Latin praeliminaris, formed from Latin prae ('before') and limen ('threshold').