Noun: prelim 'pree,lim
Usage: informal
Usage: informal
- An examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue
"She spent months preparing for her prelims in physics";
- preliminary examination, preliminary exam
- A minor match preceding the main event
"He won his prelim fight easily";
- preliminary
Derived forms: prelims
Type of: athletic competition, athletic contest, athletics, exam, examination, test
Encyclopedia: Prelim