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Preliminary examination   /prɪlˈɪmənˌɛri ɪgzˌæmənˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Preliminary examination

noun
1.
An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue.  Synonyms: prelim, preliminary exam.





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"Preliminary examination" Quotes from Famous Books



... entire party, seven in number, entered the office of Squire Ward, where the preliminary examination was to take place. ...
— Down The River - Buck Bradford and His Tyrants • Oliver Optic
... other than the leader himself, the murderer of Harry Whitcomb and the young express clerk, for whom there was a standing reward of twenty-five thousand dollars, dead or alive. The man was to have a preliminary examination that afternoon, and the greatest excitement prevailed in Galena, as it was rumored that others of the band would probably be present, scattered throughout the crowd, for the purpose of ...
— At the Time Appointed • A. Maynard Barbour


Words linked to "Preliminary examination" :   test, exam, examination


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