There will be a short briefing about topics to be discussed as a 'preliminary to' the meeting.
The 'preliminary' [='early'] results of the experiment are encouraging.
The team was eliminated in the 'preliminary' round of the tournament.
(..) Stop staring at me! Just a tiny little... I'm not even sorry. - Hi. - Hey. So these are the preliminary forms for an open adoption. There's a lot to go over, but I'll explain as we go through. - Is that a picture? - Yeah. (..)2004 TvShow: Friends Title: The One with the Birth Mother Season: 10 Episode 9