No. 8,852 in Russian
предварительная
"Preliminary."
In a sentence
Мы получили предварительную информацию о встрече.
We received preliminary information about the meeting.
Here, 'предварительная' modifies 'информация' (information) to indicate that the information is prior or preparatory.
Перед началом проекта была создана предварительная оценка рисков.
Before the project started, a preliminary risk assessment was created.
In this example, 'предварительная' is used with 'оценка' (assessment) to denote that this evaluation is initial or preliminary.
По предварительным данным, мероприятие состоится завтра.
According to preliminary data, the event will take place tomorrow.
In this context, 'предварительным' (a form of 'предварительная' in plural dative case) describes 'данным' (data), suggesting that the data is early or provisional.
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