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Preparatory

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

adj. Serving to make ready or prepare; introductory. See Synonyms at preliminary.

adj. Relating to or engaged in study or training that serves as preparation for advanced education: a preparatory course; preparatory students.

ad. In preparation for. Used with to: thoroughly cleaned the house preparatory to our departure.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

adj. of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

adj. Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Preparing or serving to prepare the way for something to follow; antecedent; preparative; introductory: as, to adopt preparatory measures.

In course of preparation; receiving preparative instruction or training: as, a preparatory student.

n. A preparative.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

adj. preceding and preparing for something

Word Usage

"What I say is there was a plan that General Franks drafted of $700 million, a project, what they called preparatory tasks, to be taken in Kuwait, in countries in the Middle East, that would put him in a better position if there was war."

Equivalent

preceding

Cross Reference

preparatory committee preparatory lecture

Form

preparatory school preparatorily

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

introductory preparative dispositive concoctive warning

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

declaratory

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

preliminary introductory intensive elementary technical