PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue

Synonyms:

prelim; preliminary exam; preliminary examination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("preliminary examination" is a kind of...):

exam; examination; test (a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge)

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