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preliminal

preliminal adjective: prior to the beginning of a process.

Adjective

preliminal (not comparable)

  1. Prior to the beginning of a process

Origin of preliminal

From pre- + liminal.

Questions about preliminal

What does preliminal mean?
Preliminal means prior to the beginning of a process.
What part of speech is preliminal?
Preliminal is an adjective.

Words near preliminal in the dictionary

  1. prelighted
  2. prelighting
  3. prelights
  4. prelim
  5. prelimbic
  6. preliminal
  7. preliminaries
  8. preliminarily
  9. preliminarily enjoin
  10. preliminarily enjoined
  11. preliminarily enjoining

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