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Clipping of preliminary. Sense 2 ("clipping of preliminary examination") was originally Oxford University slang, now in common use.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
prelim
Today it means: Preliminary. Full definition →
Today it means: Preliminary. Full definition →
Clipping of preliminary. Sense 2 ("clipping of preliminary examination") was originally Oxford University slang, now in common use.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.