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adj. serving to open or begin; "began the slide show with some introductory remarks"

adj. serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"

introductory, prefatorial, prefatory

adj. serving as an introduction or preface

opening

adj. first or beginning; "the memorable opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth"; "the play's opening scene"

starting

adj. appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

primary

adj. of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary; "primary goals"; "a primary effect"; "primary sources"; "a primary interest"

direct

adj. moving from west to east on the celestial sphere; or--for planets--around the sun in the same direction as the Earth

initial

adj. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

front(a)

adj. relating to or located in the front; "the front lines"; "the front porch"

inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden

adj. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

preliminary

adj. denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important; designed to orient or acquaint with a situation before proceeding; "a preliminary investigation"

explanatory

adj. serving or intended to explain or make clear; "explanatory notes"; "an explanatory paragraph"

initial

adj. occurring at the beginning; "took the initial step toward reconciliation"

aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial

adj. having existed from the beginning; in an earliest or original stage or state; "aboriginal forests"; "primal eras before the appearance of life on earth"; "the forest primeval"; "primordial matter"; "primordial forms of life"

elementary

adj. of the first stage of education and schools: "elementary school"; "an elementary grammar"

beginning(a), first

adj. serving to begin; "the beginning canto of the poem"; "the first verse"

inaugural, initiative, initiatory, first, maiden

adj. serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"

starting

adj. appropriate to the beginning or start of an event; "the starting point"; "hands in the starting position"

primary

adj. "primary grades"

above

adj. appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation"

above-mentioned, above-named

adj. mentioned or named earlier in the same text

foregoing(a)

adj. especially of writing or speech; going before

pre

adj. (prefix) coming before or being preliminary or preparatory: "prehistoric"; "premedical"; "prepaid"

precedent

adj. preceding in time, order, or significance

premedical

adj. preceding and preparing for the study of medicine; "premedical courses"

preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic

adj. preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"

previous(a), old

adj. just preceding something else in time or order; "the previous owner"; "my old house was larger"

high, secondary

adj. of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate: "secondary school"; "high school"

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