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prelims::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | front matter |
| Type of | matter |
Examples of prelims
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His first year, he ran fast enough to qualify for the San Diego Section prelims.
From the signonsandiego.com
Cabel said his team had to taper in order to get athletes qualified for prelims.
From the dailyherald.com
He also set a meet record at the section track prelims, jumping 7 feet, 1 inch.
From the signonsandiego.com
Still, he turned heads running a wind-aided time of 9.75 in the prelims Thursday.
From the sacbee.com
Sutton is expected to race the 200 and 800 freestyles during prelims Saturday.
From the ocregister.com
Defending champion Amanda Beard failed to get out of the 200 breaststroke prelims.
From the news-journalonline.com
Defending 200 breaststroke champion Amanda Beard failed to get out of the prelims.
From the news-journalonline.com
Tess Yocom and Nathan Leys failed to advance out of prelims with a 3-3 record.
From the desmoinesregister.com
In the prelims, Barat Academy's Spice Brown began her defense of the sprints.
From the stltoday.com
- Preliminary: a minor match preceding the main event
- Preliminary examination: an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue
- (prelims) front matter: written matter preceding the main text of a book
- (Prelims) Slang for preliminaries, also called Heats or Trials. Those races in which swimmers qualify for the championship and consolation finals in events.
- (Prelims (Preliminary Heats)) In certain meets, the qualifying rounds held for each event to determine the finalists.
- (Prelims) The preliminary pages of a book i.e. half-title, title page etc. There is a fixed order for the sequence of prelims.
- (Prelims) (From L. pre [before] + limbo [oblivion]) An obligatory ritual practiced by graduate students just before the granting of a Ph.D. (if the gods are appeased) or an M.S. (if they aren't).
- (Prelims) Preliminary exams. Held in some subject such as History and English, where the Part I lasts two years and is not divided into Part IA and IB like many other subjects.
- (Prelims) Session of a Prelims/Finals meet in which the qualification heats are conducted.
