- Types Of Speech
- You can use preliminary as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Preliminary
- A 5 syllables noun and 11 letters with the letters a, e, i, l, m, n, p, r, and y, 7 consonants, 4 vowels and 5 syllables with the middle letter m. Preliminary starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters p, pr, pre, prel, preli, and the ending characters are y, ry, ary, nary, inary, ..
- Definition
- Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows; "training is a necessary preliminary to employment"; "drinks were the overture to dinner"
- Origin/Roots
- French
- School Grade
- Preliminary is set as a grade six word that starts with p, ends with y, 5 syllables, 4 vowels and 11 letters.
- Pig Latin
- Preliminary in Pig Latin is said as "eliminarypray or eliminaryprway".
- Unigram
- p | r | e | l | i | m | i | n | a | r | y
- Bigram
- pr | re | el | li | im | mi | in | na | ar | ry
- Trigram
- pre | rel | eli | lim | imi | min | ina | nar | ary
- Quadrigram
- prel | reli | elim | limi | imin | mina | inar | nary
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows;
"training is a necessary preliminary to employment";
"drinks were the overture to dinner" - a minor match preceding the main event
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding;
"a preliminary investigation"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Advance | the act of moving forward toward a goal |
| Advanced | (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry "advanced societies" "an advanced country technologically" |
| Advancement | gradual improvement or growth or development "advancement of knowledge" "great progress in the arts" |
| Antecedent | the referent of an anaphor a phrase or clause that is referred to by an anaphoric pronoun |
| Anterior | a tooth situated at the front of the mouth "his malocclusion was caused by malposed anteriors" |
| Anticipatory | in anticipation |
| Arrangement | the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music |
| Arranging | the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music |
| Assumption | the act of taking possession of or power over something "his assumption of office coincided with the trouble in Cuba" "the Nazi assumption of power in 1934" "he acquired all the company''s assets for ten million dollars and the assumption of the compan |
| Audition | a test of the suitability of a performer |
View all cognitive synonyms for Preliminary
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Preliminary | something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows "training is a necessary preliminary to employment" "drinks were the overture to dinner" |
View English words with the unique letters used in preliminary. Words With The Letters Aeilmnpry
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Prelude | music that precedes a fugue or introduces an act in an opera |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inception | an event that is a beginning a first part or stage of subsequent events |
| Origin | properties attributable to your ancestry "he comes from good origins" |
| Origination | the act of starting something for the first time introducing something new "she looked forward to her initiation as an adult" "the foundation of a new scientific society" "he regards the fork as a modern introduction" |
Preliminary Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With P
- Ends With Y
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