Synonym: preceding, prior. Similar words: eliminate, to the limit, seminar, discrimination, limitation, missionary, timing, relief. Meaning: [prɪ'lɪmɪnərɪ] n. 1. a minor match preceding the main event 2. something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows. adj. designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding.
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91 Y., had already conducted important preliminary research on contra supporters suspected of drug activities.
92 Land has been cleared and some work started under a preliminary agreement with the construction manager in December.
93 Average daily share volume set a record at 346 million shares a day, according to preliminary data from the exchange.
94 The preliminary findings about staff ratio and staff contact are of interest.
95 With the lights dimmed, a solo accordion played a brief, preliminary waltz.
96 Preliminary analysis at a London laboratory shows that it contains fatty globules of lipids and is organic, of animal origin.
97 Here we need only to establish a rough and preliminary guide.
98 The resulting restraining order is in effect until May 10, when a hearing on a preliminary injunction is scheduled.
99 Preliminary data indicates performance has been compromised in comparison with Windows 3.1.
100 Two weeks later, he appeared in superior court for a preliminary hearing, and he was bound over for trial.
101 The ratio had been expected to decline only slightly from the preliminary 1. 14 reported for November.
102 On Dec. 13 Landsbergis had announced that a further round of preliminary consultations had been postponed indefinitely by the Soviet side.
103 The funding os for a one year preliminary project which will develop indicators by which the principles can be characterised.
104 As a preliminary, he shot off to the telephone and dialled the Southend Lubianka where the Access bills are processed.
105 But in order to give a preliminary illustration, we can take the example of these lectures.
106 It is also often used to pay for the preliminary work involved in making applications for civil and criminal legal aid.
107 The system has previously undergone six months of preliminary tests in the same Redwood City neighborhood, with officers firing blanks.
108 It was hoped that the negotiations would produce a preliminary drafting of a conclusive peace agreement.
109 This problem can usually be resolved by the standard preliminary enquiries.
110 Scientific analysis of society was considered an essential preliminary to the effective reform of social and political arrangements.
111 Applicants may take a written exam, undergo a preliminary interview, or submit records of their education and experience for evaluation.
112 This is the key preliminary finding of a study conducted by scientists from the University of Newcastle.
113 Reno could give a preliminary answer as early as Friday, sources said.
114 Last month, the group issued a preliminary proposal that seven new domains be created.
115 The main concrete result of the discussions was a preliminary agreement on chemical weapons.
116 Is the meaning account merely preliminary to a real causal explanation?
117 Although dating and attributing coins to mints require different methods, the preliminary step is the same in both cases.
118 Two results of general interest emerge from this preliminary analysis.
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119 The stream will also be useful as a preliminary to degree work of a more intensive and independent kind.
120 November output edged up a preliminary 0. 1 % from October but tumbled 3. 7 % from November 1994.
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