Definitions For Preliminary

noun

  • Something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
  • A minor match preceding the main event
  • Something that comes first in order to prepare for or introduce the main part of something else
  • A game that is played before the main part of a competition to decide which players or teams will be allowed to continue playing

adjective

  • Denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

Is Preliminaries a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
21

The word Preliminary is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Preliminary in a Sentence

  • A meeting to discuss seating arrangements that was merely a preliminary to the formal negotiating sessions
  • Preliminary findings show that the drug could help patients with skin cancer.
  • The team was eliminated in the preliminary round of the tournament.
  • Research that is preliminary to the study

Synonyms for Preliminary

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