preliminary preparation

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meaningsofpreliminaryandpreparation

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preliminary
adjective[before noun]
uk
/prɪˈlɪm.ɪ.nər.i/us
/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
coming before a more important action or event, especially introducing or preparing ...
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preparation
noun
uk
/ˌprep.ərˈeɪ.ʃən/us
/ˌprep.əˈreɪ.ʃən/
the things that you do or the time that you spend preparing ...
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(Definition ofpreliminaryandpreparationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Schemes for bypassing all these communities are in various stages ofpreliminarypreparation.
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Thepreliminarypreparationwork on this site is virtually complete.
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This was done without anypreliminarypreparationto the public whatsoever; no hint was given of this drastic step, and, consequently, it was a severe shock.
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I am well aware of all that has been rightly said of the complication of this service and the necessity ofpreliminarypreparation, and so forth.
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They have been suddenly called upon, without anypreliminarypreparationor training, to undertake the functions of nationhood in the most perilous position in which you could place them.
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Preliminarypreparationof the festival starts 15 days before the occasion.
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Preliminarypreparationfor the festival starts 15 days before.
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Thispreliminarypreparationtakes weeks, sometimes months; the theory being, of course, to avoid duplication of effort.
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Preliminarypreparationwork was begun before the plan was postponed due to lack of funds.
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What has been done is that we have made our preliminary preparations, looking ahead for a provisional draft.
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All our preliminary preparations for this new force are now well on the way to completion.
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This return he has published shows that a considerable amount of progress has been made in having sites chosen and preliminary preparations made.
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I do not even suggest that the information should necessarily be made public at the present time, but the areas ought to be selected and the preliminary preparations made.
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There are obvious difficulties in holding such an inquiry while the criminal investigation is still being actively pursued, but he will now set in hand preliminary preparations.
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