Synonyms for preliminary
prɪˈlɪm əˌnɛr ipre·lim·i·na·ry

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1. preliminarynoun

   Antonyms:
   definitive, final

2. preliminaryadjective

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

   These are just the preliminary results.

   Antonyms:
   final, definitive

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1. preliminary

   Antecedent may denote simple priority in time, implying no direct connection between that which goes before and that which follows; as, the striking of one clock may be always antecedent to the striking of another with no causal connection between them. Antecedent and previous may refer to that which goes or happens at any distance in advance, preceding is limited to that which is immediately or next before; an antecedent event may have happened at any time before; the preceding transaction is the one completed just before the one with which it is compared; a previous statement or chapter may be in any part of the book that has gone before; the preceding statement or chapter comes next before without an interval. Previous often signifies first by right; as, a previous engagement. Foregoing is used only of that which is spoken or written; as, the foregoing statements. Anterior, while it can be used of time, is coming to be employed chiefly with reference to place; as the anterior lobes of the brain. Prior bears exclusive reference to time, and commonly where that which is first in time is first also in right; as, a prior demand. Former is used of time, or of position in written or printed matter, not of space in general. We can say former times, a former chapter, etc., but not the former part of a garden; we should say the front part of the garden, the forward car of a train. Former has a close relation, or sharp contrast, with something following; the former always implies the latter, even when not fully expressed, as in Acts i, 1, and Eccles. vii, 10.

   Synonyms:
   antecedent, anterior, earlier, foregoing, former, forward, front, introductory, precedent, preceding, previous, prior

   Antonyms:
   after, concluding, consequent, following, hind, hinder, hindmost, later, latter, posterior, subsequent, succeeding

   Preposition:
   Such was the state of things previous to the revolution. [Previous to is often used adverbially, in constructions where previously to would be more strictly correct; as, these arrangements were made previous to my departure.]

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1. preliminary

   Synonyms:
   previous, proemial, precursive, prelusory, antecedent, preparatory

   Antonyms:
   subsequent, consequent, following

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1. preliminary, prelimnoun

   a minor match preceding the main event

   Synonyms:
   preliminary exam, overture, preliminary examination, prelim, prelude

   Antonyms:
   unexplorative, nonexplorative, nonexploratory, unexploratory

2. preliminary, overture, preludeadjective

   something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

   "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"

   Synonyms:
   approach, feeler, overture, advance, prelim, prelude

   Antonyms:
   nonexploratory, unexplorative, unexploratory, nonexplorative

3. preliminaryadjective

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

   "a preliminary investigation"

   Antonyms:
   unexploratory, nonexploratory, nonexplorative, unexplorative

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1. preliminaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   introductory, preparatory, prefatory, proemial, prelusive, precursory, previous, prior, precedent

2. preliminarynoun

   Synonyms:
   introduction, PRELUDE, preparatory step

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1. List of paraphrases for "preliminary":

   initial, pre-trial, introductory, provisional, advance, préliminaire, foreplay, tentative, pretrial, exploratory, interim, primary, preparatory, first, prior, pre-release, opening, pre-filing, early, draft, introduction

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1. Fadwa Hammoud:

   Our reading is that the Court's opinion interprets the one-man grand jury process to require charges to be filed at the district court and include a preliminary examination. Our team is prepared to move forward through that process.

2. District Judge Margot Coleman:

   Having considered all the relevant factors I am satisfied that this is a proper case to issue the summons as requested for the three offences as drafted, this means the proposed defendant will be required to attend this court for a preliminary hearing, and the case will then be sent to the Crown Court for trial.

3. Robert DePalma:

   But two of those were wildly different in composition. You had spikes in chromium and nickel and some other elements that are only common in meteoritic material and those fragments based on our preliminary analysis... are almost certainly of cosmic origin. this example of what might be a little tiny fragment, maybe micrograms, of the colliding asteroid -- the fact that a record of that is preserved, would be mind-blowing.

4. George Mahuku:

   Preliminary results from evaluation of nine East African Highland bananas and plantains revealed that they can be infected with TR4. Only one cultivar remained disease free after eight months.

5. Elizabeth Prelogar:

   This application seeks relief from a preliminary injunction that usurps the Navy's authority to decide which servicemembers should be deployed to execute some of the military's most sensitive and dangerous missions.