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preliminary noun [C, usually plural]. âº an âevent or âaction that prepares for or âintroduces something: After the greetings and other preliminaries, the âmeeting got down to serious âbusiness. (Definition of preliminary from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary Â© Cambridge University Press).
2 n-count A preliminary is something that you do at the beginning of an activity, often as a form of preparation. A background check is normally a preliminary to a presidential appointment. 3 n-count A preliminary is the first part of a competition to see who will go on to the main competition.