Preliminaries

What does PRELIMINARIES mean?

Preliminaries is a form of PRELIMINARY.

1. adjective

   denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

   “a preliminary investigation”

2. noun

   a minor match preceding the main event

3. noun

   something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

   “training is a necessary preliminary to employment”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.