preliminary
US: /pɹiˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi/, /pɹɪˈɫɪməˌnɛɹi/
UK: /pɹɪlˈɪmɪnəɹi/
UK: /pɹɪlˈɪmɪnəɹi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
preliminary /pri'liminəri/
- tính từ
- mở đầu, mào đầu; sơ bộ, dự bị
- mở đầu, mào đầu; sơ bộ, dự bị
- danh từ
- ((thường) số nhiều) công việc chuẩn bị, sự sắp đặt mở đầu; biện pháp sơ bộ
- (số nhiều) điều khoản sơ bộ; cuộc đàm phán sơ bộ
- cuộc kiểm tra thi vào (trường học)
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun
+ adjective
~ (to sth) happening before a more important action or event
Synonym: INITIAL
After a few preliminary remarks he announced the winners. + preliminary results / findings / enquiries + the preliminary rounds of the contest + pilot studies preliminary to a full-scale study
+ noun (plural preliminaries) ~ (to sth) a preliminary is an action or event that is done in preparation for sth: Research will be needed as a preliminary to taking a decision. + I'll skip the usual preliminaries and come straight to the point. + England was lucky to get through the preliminaries (= the preliminary stages in a sports competition).
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 advance, prior, introductory, beginning, initial, opening, preparatory, prefatory, preceding, antecedent, forerunning; premonitory; Formal or technical prodromal or prodromic:
The preliminary design for the swimming-pool is ready. After some preliminary remarks, the ceremonies got under way.
n.
2 introduction, beginning, opening, preparation, groundwork, prelude, precedence; overture:
We insist on rigorous training as a preliminary to working in the field.
3 prelims. Rarely, preliminaries. introduction, preface, foreword, preamble, prologue, front matter, Formal proem, exordium, prolegomenon, prodromus, prodrome:
The manuscript is finished and we are waiting for the prelims.
Collocation dictionary
ADJ.
essential, necessary, useful | usual
After the usual preliminaries the meeting began.
PREP.
as a ~
The two presidents met today, as a preliminary to resuming the peace talks.
| without preliminaries
She began speaking intensely, without preliminaries.
| ~ to
an essential preliminary to serious research
Concise English dictionary
prɪ'lɪmɪnərɪ
noun
+a minor match preceding the main event
+something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
adj.
+designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding
