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Plural of prelim

regular plural

The plural of prelim is prelims.

Forms of prelim

Singularprelim /ˈpriːlɪm/
Pluralprelims
Countablecountable

Prelims in a sentence

  • Are you done with prelims yet?From the entry prelims
  • A book usually consists of three sections: preliminary matter (also called prelims or front matter), the main text, and end matter.2014, “1.1 General Principles”, in “The parts of a book”, in New Oxford Style Manual, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry prelims
  • All books have some kind of prelims, all have a text, and most works of non-fiction have end matter.2014, “1.1 General Principles”, in “The parts of a book”, in New Oxford Style Manual, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry prelims
  • Generally I just catch the main event; but this night the prelims were snafued and the last bout was going on when I checked in.1950: Backfire (dir. Vincent Sherman), at about 30m. From the entry snafu

Meaning of prelim

  1. adjective Preliminary.
  2. noun Something preliminary, such as a trial, report, race, etc.
  3. noun The preliminary front matter of a book; all content preceding the main text or work itself.

Full definition of prelim

Questions about the plural of prelim

What is the plural of prelim?
The plural of prelim is prelims.
Is prelim countable?
Prelim is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: prelim (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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