Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

preliminary ruling

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.92 in modern English

Syllables: pre-lim-i-nary rul-ing
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the interpretation of European Union law, made at the request of a court or tribunal of a European Union member state.

Inflected Forms

preliminary rulings (plural)

Questions

What does preliminary ruling mean?: A decision of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the interpretation of European Union law, made at the request of a court or tribunal of a European Union member state.

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