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preparatory

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective preparatory has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

preparatorya. [L. praeparatorius: cf. F. préparatoire.].
     Preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

preparatory, adj. & adv.
--adj. (often foll. by to) serving to prepare; introductory.
--adv. (often foll. by to) in a preparatory manner (was packing preparatory to departure).

Idiom
preparatory school a usu. private school preparing pupils for a higher school or US for college or university.
Derivative
preparatorily adv.
Etymology
ME f. LL praeparatorius (as PREPARE)

THESAURUS

preparatory

antecedent, anterior, basic, before, chief, elementary, essential, exordial, first, foremost, fundamental, headmost, in preparation for, inaugural, inductive, initiatory, introductory, leading, opening, precedent, preceding, precessional, precursory, prefatory, prelim, preliminary, preludial, prelusive, preparative, prerequisite, prevenient, primary, prior, proemial, propaedeutic, provident, provisional, rudimentary

ROGET THESAURUS

preparatory

Preparation

N preparation, providing, provision, providence, anticipation, precaution, preconcertation, predisposition, forecast, rehearsal, note of preparation, arrangement, clearance, adjustment, tuning, equipment, outfit, accouterment, armament, array, ripening, maturation, evolution, elaboration, concoction, digestion, gestation, batching, incubation, sitting, groundwork, first stone, cradle, stepping-stone, foundation, scaffold, scaffolding, echafaudage, training, inurement, novitiate, cooking, cookery, brewing, culinary art, tilling, plowing sowing, semination, cultivation, preparedness, readiness, ripeness, mellowness, maturity, un impromptu fait a loisir, preparer, trainer, pioneer, trailblazer, avant-courrier, avant-coureur, voortrekker, sappers and miners, pavior, navvy, packer, stevedore, warming pan, preparing, in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train, afoot, afloat, on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil, under consideration, brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding, in store for, in reserve, precautionary, provident, preparative, preparatory, provisional, inchoate, under revision, preliminary, prepared, in readiness, ready, ready to one's band, ready made, ready cut and dried: made to one's hand, handy, on the table, in gear, in working order, in working gear, snug, in practice, ripe, mature, mellow, pukka, practiced, labored, elaborate, highly-wrought, smelling of the lamp, worked up, in full feather, in best bib and tucker, in harness, at harness, in the saddle, in arms, in battle array, in war paint, up in arms, armed at all points, armed to the teeth, armed cap a pie, sword in hand, booted and spurred, in utrumque paratus, semper paratus, on the alert, at one's post, in preparation, in anticipation of, against, for, abroach, a bove majori discit arare minor, looking before and after, si vis pacem para bellum.

Precedence

N precedence, coming before, the lead, le pas, superiority, importance, antecedence, antecedency, anteriority, precursor, priority, precession, anteposition, epacme, preference, preceding, precedent, antecedent, anterior, prior, before, former, foregoing, beforementioned, abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid, said, precursory, precursive, prevenient, preliminary, prefatory, introductory, prelusive, prelusory, proemial, preparatory, before, in advance, seniores priores, prior tempore prior jure.

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