PRELIMINARY (2)

preliminary (2). Preliminary, n. a first step, article, condition

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Pre‐lim″i‐na‐ry, n.; pl. Preliminaries (�). That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college. Syn. — Introduction; preface; prelude.