Usually means: Initial step before final decision.
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We found 32 dictionaries that define the word preliminary:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. preliminary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. preliminary: Merriam-Webster
  3. preliminary, preliminary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. preliminary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. preliminary: Collins English Dictionary
  6. preliminary: Vocabulary.com
  7. Preliminary, preliminary: Wordnik
  8. preliminary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. preliminary: Wiktionary
  10. preliminary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. preliminary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. preliminary: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. preliminary: Dictionary.com
  14. preliminary: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. preliminary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Preliminary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Preliminary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. preliminary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. preliminary: Rhymezone
  20. preliminary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. preliminary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. preliminary: FreeDictionary.org
  23. preliminary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  24. preliminary: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. preliminary: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  4. preliminary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. preliminary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See preliminaries as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
noun:  A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
noun:  Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists
noun:  A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing

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