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preliminaries

noun
USpri-LIM-i-nair-eez/pɹɪˈlɪmɪnɛɹiz/UKpri-LIM-i-nuh-reez/pɹɪˈlɪmɪn(ə)ɹiz/

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  1. 1
    noun
    Plural of preliminary. Use this for more than one early or first step before the main thing.

    We finished the preliminaries and got down to real work.

    The meeting started with a few short preliminaries.

    Note

preliminaries is a form of preliminary

preliminary, noun: Something done first to get ready for the main event. Full entry

Forms
preliminarypreliminaries plural
Spelling
preliminary → preliminaries: change y to i, add -es

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