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Prelim

//priˈlɪm// adj, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Preliminary. informal, not-comparable
Noun
  1. 1
    Something preliminary, such as a trial, report, race, etc. informal
  2. 2
    an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue wordnet
  3. 3
    Clipping of preliminary examination; a type of exam sat at the end of the first year of most undergraduate degrees. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, informal, plural-normally
  4. 4
    a minor match preceding the main event wordnet
  5. 5
    The preliminary front matter of a book; all content preceding the main text or work itself. in-plural

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of preliminary. Sense 2 ("clipping of preliminary examination") was originally Oxford University slang, now in common use.

Etymology 2

Clipping of preliminary. Sense 2 ("clipping of preliminary examination") was originally Oxford University slang, now in common use.

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