Term: preliminary: something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: indexation: a system of economic regulation: wages and interest are tied to the cost-of-living index in order to reduce the effects of inflation
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: petunia: any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: towhee: any of numerous long-tailed American finches
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: chechen: a northern Caucasian language spoken by the Chechen
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: chlorophyta: large division of chiefly freshwater eukaryotic algae that possess chlorophyll a and b, store food as starch, and cellulose cell walls; classes Chlorophyceae, Ulvophyceae, and Charophyceae; obviously ancestral to land plants
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: garden lettuce: annual or perennial garden plant having succulent leaves used in salads; widely grown
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: warrant officer: holds rank by virtue of a warrant
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: brand: a recognizable kind
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: idea: the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about
Broader: origin: an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Unrelated: parainfluenza virus: a virus that causes upper respiratory infection (including the common cold and bronchiolitis); most often in children