Preliminary: alternatives and connections

Exploratory.

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Exploratory.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative.

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

The art of training by athletic exercises; the games and sports of athletes.

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Beginning; commencement; initiation.

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The first existence or beginning of anything; the birth.

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The act or process of bringing or coming into existence; first production.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

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An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

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An opening or aperture; a recess; a recess; a chamber.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially (Mus.), a strai…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.