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preliminary

English

  1. 🔊 denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important
    “a preliminary investigation”
  2. 🔊 something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
    “training is a necessary preliminary to employment”
  3. 🔊 a minor match preceding the main event

Spanish

  1. 🔊 preeliminar preliminary
  2. 🔊 previo preliminary
  3. 🔊 preliminar preliminary, introductory

Similar words

overture prelude prelim advance advanced antecedent anterior arrangement avant-garde avant-propos basic training beginning breakthrough briefing chief clearing the decks coming out curtain raiser debut embarkation embarkment equipment exordial exordium