Prepositions

Definition

preliminary /prÇ'lÇmÇnǝri; US -neri/ adj အႀကိဳ။ ပဏာမ။ (အားကစား) ေျခစစ္ပြဲ။ လက္ရည္စမ္းပြဲ။ After a few preliminary remarks she came to the main point of the meeting. ❍ preliminary inquiries/ talks ❍ announce the preliminary results of the survey/ tests ❍ (sport) a preliminary contest/ heat/ round (ie held before a main contest in order to exclude weaker players or teams). n (usu pl ) ~ (to sth) ပဏာမ။ နိဒါန္း။ အႀကိဳလုပ္ငန္း။ the necessary preliminaries to a peace conference (eg discussions about procedures) ❍ We skipped the usual preliminaries.

Examples

1. A preliminary hearing/discussion/analysis/proposal/agreement