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1. preliminary
adjective. ['prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri, priːˈlɪməˌnɛri'] denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding.
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Rhymes with Preliminary
- actuary
- ancillary
- apothecary
- arbitrary
- arbitrary
- aviary
- budgetary
- contemporary
- customary
- deflationary
- dictionary
- dietary
- dignitary
- disciplinary
- discretionary
- disinflationary
- dispensary
- diversionary
- diversionary
- dromedary
How do you pronounce preliminary?
Pronounce preliminary as prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri.
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Sentences with preliminary
1. Adjective
If you have enough income and satisfactory credit, then you get a preliminary approval.
Quotes about preliminary
1. Life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for training.
- Lewis Mumford
2. Doing what you wanted to do was the only training, and the only preliminary, needed for doing more of what you wanted to do.
- Kingsley Amis, Lucky Jim
3. Her failure was a useful preliminary to success.
- Edith Wharton, The Custom of the Country
2. preliminary
noun. ['prɪˈlɪməˌnɛri, priːˈlɪməˌnɛri'] something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows.
