Search Result for "preliminary exam":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. an examination taken by graduate students to determine their fitness to continue;
[syn: preliminary examination, preliminary exam, prelim]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

preliminary exam
    n 1: an examination taken by graduate students to determine
         their fitness to continue [syn: preliminary examination,
         preliminary exam, prelim]