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adj. Prior to or preparing for the main matter, action, or business; introductory or prefatory.

n. Something that precedes, prepares for, or introduces the main matter, action, or business.

n. An academic test or examination that is preparatory to one that is longer, more complex, or more important.

n. Sports A contest to determine the finalists in a competition.

n. Sports An event that precedes the main event of a particular program, especially in boxing or wrestling.

n. Printing The front matter of a book. Often used in the plural.

adj. in preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory

n. A preparation for a main matter; an introduction

n. Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists

n. A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing

adj. Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory

n. That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory

Preceding and leading up to something more important; introductory; preparatory; prefatory.

n. Something which introduces or leads up to following matter or events; an introductory or preparatory statement, measure, action, etc.; a preface; a prelude.

n. plural In college use, tests in certain elementary subjects previous to the final examinations for entrance.

adj. denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding

n. a minor match preceding the main event

n. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

""This smells to high holy heaven, because when you look at the Illinois report, nowhere was the word preliminary ever used," Weiss said, noting that the fusion center - which is composed of Illinois state police, as well as representatives from the FBI and DHS - distributed the report to other critical infrastructure facilities in that state."

explorative    exploratory   

final    definitive   

athletic competition    athletics    athletic contest    origination    origin   

preliminary injunction    preliminary judgment   

preliminary results    preliminary considerations    preliminarily   

antecedent    proemial    preparatory    introductory    previous   

previous    final    above    lengthy    frequent