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preliminaries
Variant of preliminary
adjective
coming before or leading up to the main action, discussion, business, etc.; introductory; prefatory; preparatory
noun pl. preliminaries
- a preliminary step, procedure, etc.
- a preliminary examination
- a contest or match before the main one
Related Forms:
- preliminarily adverb
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