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preliminaryadjective coming before the main part or item usually to introduce or prepare for what followswe need to do some preliminary research in order to properly focus the experiment beginning, introductory, precursory, prefatory, prelim, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, primary introducing, prefacing, preparing, readyingpremonitory, warningbasic, elementary, fundamentalahead, early, former, preceding, previous, prior after, behind, following, subsequent a performance, activity, or event that precedes and sets the stage for the main eventa meeting to discuss seating arrangements that was merely a preliminary to the formal negotiating sessions in 1656 |