preliminary Pronunciation: /prɪˈlɪmɪnərɪ/Translate preliminary | into French | into Italian | into Spanish German translation of preliminaryA. adj. Vor-; vorbereitend [Forschung, Maßnahme]B. n. (usu. in pl. preliminaries) Präliminarien (Pl.) as a preliminary to sth. = als Vorbereitung auf etw. (Akk.)preliminary in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of preliminary in the British & World English dictionary Definition of preliminary in the US English dictionary