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Synonyms for preliminaries

Grammar : Noun
Spell : pri-lim-uh-ner-ee
Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈlɪm əˌnɛr i

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Définition of preliminaries

Origin :
  • 1660s, from French préliminaire and directly from Medieval Latin praeliminaris, from Latin prae- "before" (see pre-) + limen (genitive liminis) "threshold" (see limit (n.)). A word that arose in reference to negotiations to end the Thirty Years' War. Earliest attested form in English is preliminaries (n.), 1650s.
  • noun introductory event; beginning
Example sentences :
  • She opened it and without any preliminaries handed it and the cheque to the banker.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • The preliminaries of the negotiation were adjusted at this interview.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson » by Robert Southey
  • You can appear before the public and attend to all preliminaries.
  • Extract from : « A Woman Intervenes » by Robert Barr
  • These preliminaries over, Dimples sets herself to pay for her seat.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • After the preliminaries of investigation were gone through, the witnesses were called.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow of a Crime » by Hall Caine
  • The preliminaries were transacted, and the retreat commenced.
  • Extract from : « Hellenica » by Xenophon
  • Preliminaries were smoothed; he had left the widow wearing his ring.
  • Extract from : « The Flockmaster of Poison Creek » by George W. Ogden
  • These preliminaries being arranged, a show of hands was called for.
  • Extract from : « A Waif of the Mountains » by Edward S. Ellis
  • Now, then, that we have settled the preliminaries of our—oh, dear!
  • Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
  • Those were only the preliminaries; the rest belonged to my province.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt

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