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Prelim   /prɪlˈɪm/  /prilˈɪm/   Listen
Prelim

noun
1.
A minor match preceding the main event.  Synonym: preliminary.
2.
An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue.  Synonyms: preliminary exam, preliminary examination.





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"Prelim" Quotes from Famous Books



... cried the blood; "that was the thirty-eighth you met upon the stairs, and the day's still young. Excuse my staring at you. Yes, you pass your prelim., and can come inside; you're one of the few. We had most just after breakfast, but now the porter's heading off the worst cases, and that last chap was the first for twenty minutes. ...
— Raffles - Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman • E. W. Hornung


Words linked to "Prelim" :   athletics, examination, athletic contest, preliminary examination, preliminary, athletic competition, test, exam


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