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Definition: Prelim |
PrelimNoun1. A minor match preceding the main event. 2. An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "prelim" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1714. (references) |
Synonyms: PrelimSynonyms: preliminary (n), preliminary exam (n), preliminary examination (n). (additional references) |
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| "Prelim" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Prelim" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
prelim | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "prelim"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | предварителен изпит. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | felvételi (matriculation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elimpray preliminar (introductory, precursory, prefatorial, prefatory, preliminary, prelusive, preparatory), examen preliminar. (various references) yeterlik sınavı (matriculation, preliminary examination, qualification test, qualifying examination), ön sınav (pre-examination, preliminary examination), ön muayene (preliminary examination). (various references) вступний екзамен. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "prelim": preliminaries, preliminarily, preliminary, prelimit, prelimited, prelimiting, prelimits, prelims. (additional references) | |
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"Prelim" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: pelim, perlin, Pezim, Pfeil, Phelam, Prcela, predim, preil, prein, Preki, prel, prelime, prelimi, Prelimo, Preller, prelm, prely, presin, previ, prolif, Prolink, Prosim. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "prelim" (pronounced pruli"m or prēli"m) |
| 3 | -l i" m | limb, slim. |
| 3 | -l i" m | limb, slim. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: limper, rimple. | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-l-m-p-r" | |
-1 letter: impel, miler, peril, plier, prime. | |
-2 letters: emir, lier, lime, limp, lipe, lire, merl, mile, mire, peri, perm, pier, pile, plie, prim, riel, rile, rime, ripe. | |
-3 letters: elm, imp, ire, lei, lie, lip, mel, mil, mir, per, pie, rei, rem, rep, rim, rip. | |
-4 letters: el, em, er, li, me, mi, pe, pi, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-l-m-p-r" | |
+1 letter: crimple, impaler, impearl, imperil, implore, lempira, limpers, lumpier, palmier, plumier, prelims, primely, rimpled, rimples, simpler. | |
+2 letters: clumpier, compiler, complier, crimpled, crimples, dimplier, glimpser, glumpier, impalers, impearls, impeller, impellor, imperial, imperils, implored, implorer, implores, impurely, lempiras, limpsier, periblem, pimplier, plumeria, plummier, prelimit, primeval, proemial, rumplier. | |
+3 letters: amplifier, compilers, compliers, crumplier, empirical, epidermal, glimpsers, impearled, impellers, impellors, imperials, imperiled, implanter, implorers, micropyle, periblems, perilymph, phlegmier, pimpernel, plexiform, plumerias, polymeric, prelimits, prolamine, puerilism, recompile, reimplant, reptilium, rumpliest, slimpsier, verapamil. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 6C 69 6D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . .-.. .. -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01101100 01101001 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e l i m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 006C 0069 006D |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)508471787579 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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