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 Definitions of preparatory  [ɪˈpær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈpɛər-, ˈprɛp ər ə-]  

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Definition of 'preparatory' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) preparatory
serving or designed to prepare:
preparatory arrangements.

2.  preparatory
preliminary; introductory:
preparatory remarks.

3.  preparatory
of or pertaining to training that prepares for more advanced education.

Etymology:  (1375–1425; < ML)

Definition of 'preparatory' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
preceding and preparing for something
"preparatory steps"


Definition of 'preparatory' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) preparatory
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


Translation of 'preparatory' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: acting as an introduction or in order to prepare for something
Political leaders have agreed to meet for preparatory talks about an end to the war.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: voorbereidend, aanvanklik Arabic flag Arabic: إعْدادي، تَحْضيري، تَمْهي Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: подготвителен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: preparatório Czech flag Czech: předběžný, přípravný German flag German: vorbereitend
Danish flag Danish: indledende; forberedende Greek flag Greek: προκαταρκτικός, προπαρασκ Spanish flag Spanish: preparatorio
Estonian flag Estonian: ettevalmistav Farsi flag Farsi: مقدماتی Finnish flag Finnish: valmisteleva
French flag French: préparatoire Hebrew flag Hebrew: מֵכִין Hindi flag Hindi: प्रारंभिक
Croatian flag Croatian: prethodni Hungarian flag Hungarian: előkészítő Indonesian flag Indonesian: pendahuluan
Icelandic flag Icelandic: undirbúnings- Italian flag Italian: preparatorio, preliminare Japanese flag Japanese: 予備の
Korean flag Korean: 예비인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: parengtinis Latvian flag Latvian: sagatavošanas-
Malay flag Malay: persediaan Dutch flag Dutch: voorbereidend Norwegian flag Norwegian: forberedende, innledende
Polish flag Polish: przygotowawczy Persian flag Persian: مقدماتی Pashto flag Pashto: لومړنى
Portuguese flag Portuguese: preparatório Romanian flag Romanian: pregătitor; preliminar Russian flag Russian: подготовительный
Slovak flag Slovak: predbežný, prípravný Slovenian flag Slovenian: pripravljalen Serbian flag Serbian: pripremni
Swedish flag Swedish: förberedande Thai flag Thai: ที่เกียวกับการเตรียมการ Turkish flag Turkish: hazırlık, hazırlayıcı
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 預備(性)的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: підготовчий, попередній Urdu flag Urdu: ابتدائي
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sửa soạn Chinese flag Chinese: 预备(性)的

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