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🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

예비의

Pronunciation / Transliteration: yebiyi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Preliminary/prɪˈlɪm.ə.ner.i/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #3450 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"이것은 단지 예비 결과일 뿐이다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Denoting an action or event preceding or done in preparation for something fuller or more important.

    "The two leaders will hold preliminary talks in Geneva."
As noun
  1. 1

    An action or event preceding or preparing for something more important.

    "Without further preliminary, he began his speech."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin prefix 'prae-' (before) and 'limen' (threshold), entering English via French in the late 16th century. Historically, it literally meant standing at the threshold or stepping onto the doorway before entering a main action or formal proceeding.

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