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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preliminary, first |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, inaugural, incipient, inductive, initial, initiatory, opening, original, precursory, prefatory, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, primary, prior, proemial, provisional, rudimentary, starting |
| Antonyms: | concluding, ending, final, finishing, last |
| Main Entry: | originating |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rising |
| Synonyms: | activated, arising, authored, beginning, begot, caused, commencing, created, dawning, deriving, emanating, fashioned, formed, generated, incepted, induced, inspired, issuing, made, motivated, produced, starting |
| Main Entry: | prolegomenous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | introductory |
| Synonyms: | anterior, basic, beginning, early, elementary, inaugural, incipient, inductive, initial, initiatory, opening, original*, precursory, prefatory, preliminary, prelusive, preparative, preparatory, primary, prior, proemial, provisional, rudimentary, starting |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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