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preparatives

preparatives is the plural of preparative.

Meaning of preparative

Noun

preparative (plural preparatives)

  1. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
    • necessary preparatives for our voyage1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC

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Questions about preparatives

What is preparatives the plural of?
Preparatives is the plural of preparative.

Words near preparatives in the dictionary

  1. preparationist
  2. preparationists
  3. preparations
  4. preparative
  5. preparatively
  6. preparatives
  7. preparator
  8. preparatorily
  9. preparators
  10. preparatory
  11. preparatory it

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