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Preliminary



1.
គ្រាដំបូង
noun — Plural: Preliminaries
1.
ការត្រៀមទុក, សកម្មភាពនាំមុខ
adjective
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(preparatory; coming before or preparing for the main thing) preliminary business ដែលផ្ដើមមុខ preliminary investigation នៃដំបូង, ដែលជាការចាប់ផ្ដើម
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(បច្ចេកទេស) ដែលនាំមុខ, ដែលត្រៀមទុក, ដំបូង, ជាការចាប់ផ្តើម
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Preliminaries
1.
That which precedes the main discourse, work, design, or business; something introductory or preparatory; as, the preliminaries to a negotiation or duel; to take one's preliminaries the year before entering college.
adjective
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Introductory; previous; preceding the main discourse or business; prefatory; as, preliminary observations to a discourse or book; preliminary articles to a treaty; preliminary measures; preliminary examinations.
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rough, tentative, unfinished, sketchy, unpolished
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preparatory, introductory, inductive