preparatory
/ˈpɹɛp(ə)ɹət(ə)ɹi/US/ˈpɹɛp(ə)ɹətɔɹi/
preparatory adjective: of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.
Adjective
preparatory (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.
- I will conduct some preparatory research before choosing the new restaurant's location.
- A butcher bird has stirred, tuned its flute with a few preparatory notes.1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 47
preparatory meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
preparatory in Tamil
- அணித்தமான, முன்னேற்பாடான
preparatory in Urdu
- تمہیدی
preparatory in Bengali
- প্রস্তুতিমূলক, প্রারম্ভিক
preparatory in Telugu
- సన్నాహక
More languagesFewer languages
- preparatory in Malayalam
- ആദ്യമായ, പ്രാരംഭകമായ
- preparatory in Kannada
- ತಯಾರು ಮಾಡುವ, ಅಣಿಗೊಳಿಸುವ, ಪೀಠಿಕಾರೂಪದ, ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ
- preparatory in Odia
- ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତିମୂଳକ
- preparatory in Malay
- persediaan
- preparatory in Indonesian
- persiapan
Examples of preparatory in a sentence
- “What have they done to stir him up?” “It's this book Daddy wrote about preparatory schools.
- Did you know he had written a book about preparatory schools?” “Hadn't an inkling.
- Ltd. announce an attachment to their flexiback book binding machine for the preparatory operations in “unsewn” binding.
Origin of preparatory
From Middle English preparatori, from Late Latin praeparatorius. By surface analysis, prepare + -atory.
Words formed from preparatory
- cytopreparatory
- nonpreparatory
- preparatorily
- preparatory it
- preparatory school → prep school
- preparatory subject
Phrases with preparatory
Questions about preparatory
- What does preparatory mean?
- Preparatory means of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.
- What is preparatory in Tamil?
- Preparatory in Tamil is அணித்தமான, முன்னேற்பாடான. See Preparatory meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is preparatory?
- Preparatory is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce preparatory?
- Preparatory is pronounced /ˈpɹɛp(ə)ɹətɔɹi/ (US).
Words near preparatory in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preparatory (page history and authors); preparatory (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preparatory (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preparatory (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preparatory (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); preparatory (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preparatory (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); preparatory (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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