Preliminary
adjective
Happens before a more important action or event as preparation or introduction.
We need to carry out preliminary tests to confirm our hypothesis.
Often appears as...
- preliminary results
- preliminary examination
adjective
In competitive sports, the first round of matches before the main part of the competition.
We made it through the preliminary rounds and into the semi-finals.
Often appears as...
- preliminary round
- preliminary match
noun
An action or event that is done or happens to prepare for something.
Our committee is dealing with the preliminaries before the big event.
Often appears as...
- deal with preliminaries
- arrange preliminaries
adjective
Happens before a more important action or event as preparation or introduction.
We need to carry out preliminary tests to confirm our hypothesis.
Often appears as...
- preliminary results
- preliminary examination
adjective
In competitive sports, the first round of matches before the main part of the competition.
We made it through the preliminary rounds and into the semi-finals.
Often appears as...
- preliminary round
- preliminary match
noun
An action or event that is done or happens to prepare for something.
Our committee is dealing with the preliminaries before the big event.
Often appears as...
- deal with preliminaries
- arrange preliminaries
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Wide Use
The word 'preliminary' is used across various fields such as law, science, and business.
The lawyer filed a preliminary injunction to halt the merger.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Final
'Preliminary' implies that something is not final or complete, more actions will follow.
The preliminary findings suggest we're on the right track, but we need more research.
Pro Tip 3/3Conveys Incompleteness
Using 'preliminary' often means outcomes are subject to change as more information arises.
The committee's preliminary decision will be reviewed next month.
Pro Tip 1/3Wide Use
The word 'preliminary' is used across various fields such as law, science, and business.
The lawyer filed a preliminary injunction to halt the merger.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Final
'Preliminary' implies that something is not final or complete, more actions will follow.
The preliminary findings suggest we're on the right track, but we need more research.
Pro Tip 3/3Conveys Incompleteness
Using 'preliminary' often means outcomes are subject to change as more information arises.
The committee's preliminary decision will be reviewed next month.
Pro Tip 1/3Wide Use
The word 'preliminary' is used across various fields such as law, science, and business.
The lawyer filed a preliminary injunction to halt the merger.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Final
'Preliminary' implies that something is not final or complete, more actions will follow.
The preliminary findings suggest we're on the right track, but we need more research.
Pro Tip 3/3Conveys Incompleteness
Using 'preliminary' often means outcomes are subject to change as more information arises.
The committee's preliminary decision will be reviewed next month.
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to put their mind in a state where there's nothing but loving kindness, total availability to sentient being. Of course, during the training, we do that with objects. We think of people suffering, of people we love, but at some point, it can be a state which is all pervading. Here is the preliminary result,
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Why do some people snore...
elevating your head, and avoiding sleeping on your back may also help. For people who have a milder condition, mouth and throat exercises have been shown to alleviate obstructive sleep apnea in some preliminary trials. But these approaches, and devices like oral appliances,
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Making a TED-Ed Lesson:...
and allow yourself to make mistakes and adjustments. This prototype lets you see how your preliminary sketches will come to life. You will want to first draw all individual parts on a single sheet, including all your main pieces, all the supporting pieces and the folds.
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The incredible potential...
keep walking, and then keep walking a little bit different afterwards. And it's a very preliminary prototype, but they also built a more robust version with power on board that can actually be sent out in the world and face real-world interactions
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Tim Harford: Trial,...
He ran his trial. And after the trial had been running for a little while, he gathered together all his colleagues around his table, and he said, "Well, gentlemen, we have some preliminary results. They're not statistically significant.
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Vampire Bats Biting...
you see a heart rapport shamaa bats that that have been exposed to this virus preliminary results indicate that vampire bats from agricultural areas may actually have a higher rate of infection than new bats from other parts of the
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The Panama Papers...
on how to move those suspect funds. These were all preliminary meetings, and none of the lawyers took us on as a client and of course no money moved hands, but it really shows the problem with the system. It's also important
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Kenneth Shinozuka: My...
Thank you, sock model. So this is a drawing of my preliminary design. My desire to create a sensor-based technology perhaps stemmed from my lifelong love for sensors and technology. When I was six years old,
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How nature engages your...
pretty remarkable preliminary results and what's equally exciting is this growing number of compassionate prison staff members willing to give this simple tactic ago to lower inmate violence
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Lion Pride vs Buffalo PIPE...
a preliminary chase serves to get the measure of the quarry and to isolate an individual if one seems weaker than the rest it will become the target
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The habits of happiness...
to put their mind in a state where there's nothing but loving kindness, total availability to sentient being. Of course, during the training, we do that with objects. We think of people suffering, of people we love, but at some point, it can be a state which is all pervading. Here is the preliminary result,
Video examples
Why do some people snore...
elevating your head, and avoiding sleeping on your back may also help. For people who have a milder condition, mouth and throat exercises have been shown to alleviate obstructive sleep apnea in some preliminary trials. But these approaches, and devices like oral appliances,
Video examples
Making a TED-Ed Lesson:...
and allow yourself to make mistakes and adjustments. This prototype lets you see how your preliminary sketches will come to life. You will want to first draw all individual parts on a single sheet, including all your main pieces, all the supporting pieces and the folds.
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The incredible potential...
keep walking, and then keep walking a little bit different afterwards. And it's a very preliminary prototype, but they also built a more robust version with power on board that can actually be sent out in the world and face real-world interactions
Video examples
Tim Harford: Trial,...
He ran his trial. And after the trial had been running for a little while, he gathered together all his colleagues around his table, and he said, "Well, gentlemen, we have some preliminary results. They're not statistically significant.
Video examples
Vampire Bats Biting...
you see a heart rapport shamaa bats that that have been exposed to this virus preliminary results indicate that vampire bats from agricultural areas may actually have a higher rate of infection than new bats from other parts of the
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The Panama Papers...
on how to move those suspect funds. These were all preliminary meetings, and none of the lawyers took us on as a client and of course no money moved hands, but it really shows the problem with the system. It's also important
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Kenneth Shinozuka: My...
Thank you, sock model. So this is a drawing of my preliminary design. My desire to create a sensor-based technology perhaps stemmed from my lifelong love for sensors and technology. When I was six years old,
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How nature engages your...
pretty remarkable preliminary results and what's equally exciting is this growing number of compassionate prison staff members willing to give this simple tactic ago to lower inmate violence
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Lion Pride vs Buffalo PIPE...
a preliminary chase serves to get the measure of the quarry and to isolate an individual if one seems weaker than the rest it will become the target
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Erik Larson
American Author
What drove me to do 'Dead Wake' was that after doing the most preliminary of reading and scoping out what kinds of materials might be available in archives and so forth, I realized that this book - the research, the writing - would present me with a rare opportunity to explore to a full extent the potential for suspense in a nonfiction work.
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Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people to come to grips with the very idea of divorce - or to reconsider the idea. Like a number of my colleagues - not all - I offer that preliminary consultation for free.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth.
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James Lasdun
British Writer
Writers tend to write stories as a kind of holiday between novels, or as preliminary steps towards a novel. Stories just don't often make up a writer's main body of work, and that's not because they don't see the market for it.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes, and clothes. It's preferable when it's not about looking pretty. It can get a little dull to just be cute.
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Haniel Long
American Author
When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
American Historian
On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.
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John Maynard Keynes
English Economist
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.
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Krystal Ball
American Activist
A preliminary agreement in principle is not a deal.
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Erik Larson
American Author
What drove me to do 'Dead Wake' was that after doing the most preliminary of reading and scoping out what kinds of materials might be available in archives and so forth, I realized that this book - the research, the writing - would present me with a rare opportunity to explore to a full extent the potential for suspense in a nonfiction work.
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Laura Wasser
American Lawyer
There's something about sitting face-to-face with an attorney in an office that enables people to come to grips with the very idea of divorce - or to reconsider the idea. Like a number of my colleagues - not all - I offer that preliminary consultation for free.
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John Polkinghorne
British Physicist
The physical fabric of the world had to be such as to enable that ten billion year preliminary evolution to produce the raw materials of life. Without it there would not have been the chemical materials to allow life to evolve here on earth.
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James Lasdun
British Writer
Writers tend to write stories as a kind of holiday between novels, or as preliminary steps towards a novel. Stories just don't often make up a writer's main body of work, and that's not because they don't see the market for it.
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Rachel McAdams
Canadian Actress
I love those preliminary conversations about who a character is. You try on wigs, shoes, and clothes. It's preferable when it's not about looking pretty. It can get a little dull to just be cute.
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Haniel Long
American Author
When I meet a new person, I am on the lookout for signs of what he or she is loyal to. It is a preliminary clue to the sense of belonging, and hence of his or her humanity.
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Albert Bushnell Hart
American Historian
On March 10, 1764, preliminary resolutions passed the House of Commons looking towards the Stamp Act.
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John Maynard Keynes
English Economist
A study of the history of opinion is a necessary preliminary to the emancipation of the mind.
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Muhammad Iqbal
Pakistani Poet
Sexual self-restraint is only a preliminary stage in the ego's evolution.
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Krystal Ball
American Activist
A preliminary agreement in principle is not a deal.
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