prelims
noun1
plural of prelim
2
The preliminary front matter of a book; all content preceding the main text or work itself.
- A book usually consists of three sections: preliminary matter (also called prelims or front matter), the main text, and end matter. All books have some kind of prelims, all have a text, and most works of non-fiction have end matter.2014, “1.1 General Principles”, in “The parts of a book”, in New Oxford Style Manual, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 1:
3
Collective Preliminary examinations taken as a whole, as sat by an individual or year group.
Oxford University slang
- Are you done with prelims yet?
- Synonyms
- front matter