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Preliminary

/prɪˈlɪmɪn(ə)ri/

Taking place before more important activities or events, often to prepare for them.

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Turgidson smiled his preliminary smile.

This was the essential preliminary to combat.

He smiled his usual preliminary smile and began.

Derived from the Latin word praeliminary‟ around 1650, meaning before the threshold‟, merging "pre" (before) and "liminaris" (threshold).

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