Preliminary
preliminary (adjective) - (formal) done as preparation at the beginning of an activity
a preliminary report
a preliminary study
preliminary results
results remain preliminary
preliminary findings
a preliminary draft of a report
a preliminary view
a preliminary estimate
the preliminary meeting
preliminary talks
the preliminary character of Y
after the usual preliminaries, X
As a preliminary, Z
a preliminary inspection
company announces preliminary financial data
preliminary net profits
preliminary qualifications
a preliminary ruling on a legal case
a preliminary decision on a legal case
a preliminary design
a preliminary screening
a preliminary examination
a preliminary diagnosis
a preliminary to Y
X as a preliminary to Y
necessary preliminaries
essential preliminaries
X is considered a preliminary
Y sees X as a preliminary
Example sentences:
* We'll negotiate that in the preliminary meeting.
* As a preliminary, find out what the views of the board members are.
* Just consider this preliminary inspection a sort of dress rehearsal for the real thing.
* After the usual preliminaries the conference began.
* The recently published results of his preliminary study are quite surprising.
* The company announced preliminary net profits for 2005 yesterday.
* "His habit of arriving back late in the evening after dinner to do more work was recorded in my preliminary report."
* Preliminary talks on the new contract have already been scheduled.
* "Preliminary estimates from the Ministry of Culture suggest that 180 billion roubles will be required to enact the programme."
* "The study shows the new computer operating system's preliminary (and hence dicey) character and it's hefty hardware requirements."
* "One or two preliminary studies have suggested that these changes are occurring unevenly across the country."
* "I was no expert, but I know enough to make a preliminary diagnosis and summon an ambulance if I had to arrange for her to be taken into hospital."
* "The coroner made his preliminary examination of the body, dictating brief comments to his secretary."
* "This vocational certificate has been designed as a preliminary vocational qualification for those with special training needs."
* "Dr Smith, scientific and medical affairs director for the American Parkinson Disease Association, said he considered any findings "very preliminary" until testing has been done in humans."
* "The meeting was convened by president of the company to discuss the preliminary report of the commission."
* "This I stress is a preliminary view and they could not and would not wish to make a final decision until they have all the information."
* "The results from this technique remain preliminary."
* "A preliminary draft of the disclosure letter and all relevant documents should be requested as early as possible in the negotiations for, in many respects, it is as important as the sale agreement."
