prelims

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prelims

  1. plural of prelim
  2. The preliminary front matter of a book; all content preceding the main text or work itself.
    • 2014, “1.1 General Principles”, in “The parts of a book”, in New Oxford Style Manual, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1:
      A book usually consists of three sections: preliminary matter (also called prelims or front matter), the main text, and end matter. All books have some kind of prelims, all have a text, and most works of non-fiction have end matter.
  3. (uncountable, collective, Oxford University slang) Preliminary examinations taken as a whole, as sat by an individual or year group.
    Are you done with prelims yet?

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