prelim
prelim — noun
- prelimsingular
- prelimsplural
1. a game, race, competition, or exam that takes place before the main event, usual
a game, race, competition, or exam that takes place before the main event, usually to decide which people or teams will move on to the next stage
Femi won his first-round prelim match and moved on to the quarter-finals.
collocation: prelim match / prelim round
The team has to play three prelims before the main tournament starts next month.
often plural: play the prelims
Anjali studied for the biology prelim, which counts towards her final grade.
Diego won his prelim heat and went on to place third in the final.
- preliminary
the full, more formal version of the same word; use in official or written contexts
- qualifier
emphasises the function of deciding who qualifies for the next stage
- heat
specifically one round within a multi-round sports competition
- final
the last, deciding event that the prelim leads towards
文法句型
prelim + noun (match / exam / round)
the prelims
用法筆記
This word is a shortening of 'preliminary' and is used mainly in informal speech. It can refer to a single qualifying contest (a prelim match) or to a whole series of qualifying rounds (the prelims). In academic contexts, a prelim is often a test taken part-way through a course.