Prelims Meaning in English

word · lemma: prelim

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UK

التعريف

'Prelims' is a short form for 'preliminaries,' often referring to preliminary exams or early competition rounds before the main event.

الاستخدام والفروق الدقيقة

Informal and mainly used in academic or sporting contexts, especially in countries like the UK, India, South Africa, and Australia. Most common for preliminary exams or rounds. Rarely used in US English for exams.

• Spanish: preliminares (exámenes) - exámenes previos
• Portuguese (BR): provas preliminares - exames preliminares
• Portuguese (PT): provas preliminares - exames preliminares
• Chinese (Simplified): 预赛 - 预考 - 预选
• Chinese (Traditional): 預賽 - 預考 - 預選
• Hindi: प्रारंभिक परीक्षा - प्रारंभिक चरण
• Arabic: الاختبارات التمهيدية - الامتحانات الأولية
• Bengali: প্রিলিম - প্রাথমিক পরীক্ষা
• Russian: предварительные экзамены - отборочные туры
• Japanese: 予選 - プレリム（試験）
• Vietnamese: vòng sơ khảo - kỳ thi sơ bộ
• Korean: 예선전 - 예비시험
• Turkish: eleme - ön sınav
• Urdu: ابتدائی امتحانات - پری لِمز
• Indonesian: ujian pendahuluan - babak penyisihan

جمل نموذجية

She is nervous about the prelims.

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Did you hear who made it through the prelims?

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The prelims will be held next week.

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I passed all my prelims this semester.

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I'm so relieved the prelims are finally over.

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We need to focus if we want to get past the prelims this year.

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