Usually means: Initial preparations or introductory steps.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. preliminaries: Merriam-Webster
  2. preliminaries: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. preliminaries: Collins English Dictionary
  4. preliminaries: Vocabulary.com
  5. Preliminaries, preliminaries: Wordnik
  6. preliminaries: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. preliminaries: Wiktionary
  8. Preliminaries, preliminaries: Dictionary.com
  9. preliminaries: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Preliminaries: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  11. Preliminaries: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  12. preliminaries: FreeDictionary.org
  13. preliminaries: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. preliminaries: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. preliminaries: Legal dictionary

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Preliminaries: Sports Definitions

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See preliminary as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (preliminary)

adjective:  In preparation for the main matter; initial, introductory, preparatory.
noun:  A preparation for a main matter; an introduction.
noun:  Any of a series of sports events that determine the finalists
noun:  A relatively minor contest that precedes a major one, especially in boxing
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