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Definition: Preparative |
PreparativeAdjective1. Preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "preparative" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
Synonyms: PreparativeSynonyms: preparatory (adj), propaedeutic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Preparation | Precautionary, provident; preparative, preparatory; provisional, inchoate, under revision; preliminary; (precedent). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Preparative |
| Specialty definitions using "preparative": Transplantation Conditioning. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Preparative" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Preparative" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "preparative": preparative school ♦ preparative to. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "preparative": semi-preparative. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
preparative chromatography | 4 |
preparative | 2 |
preparative hplc | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "preparative"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | përgatitor (prep, preparatory), përgatitje (arrangement, preparation, provision, training), fazë përgatitore (drawing board). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | على إستعداد (on call), إستعدادي, إعدادي (precursory, preparatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сигнал за подготовка, предварителен (advance, forward, introductory, precursory, preliminary, premonitory, preparatory, tentative), подготвителен (initiative, initiatory, preliminary, prelusive, preparatory, propaedeutic), подготовка (equipment, lead up, prelude, preparation, run up, schooling, set out, training). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 预备 (Preparatively). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | předbìžný (anticipatory, precursory, preliminary, prerequisite, tentative), přípravný (introductory, preliminary). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | preparativ kromatografi (preparative chromatography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | preparatieve chromatografie (preparative chromatography). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | préparatifs. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vorbereitende Maßnahme (preliminary), vorbereitend (preliminary, preparatory, preparing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | παρασκευαστική χημεία (preparative chemistry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | elõkészítõ (initiative, preparatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | preparatorio (preparatory). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 준비 (PREP, Preparation, Preparatory, Preparedness, Preparing, readying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | eparativepray principal (boss, broad, cardinal, central, chief, essential, firm in one's principles, first, flyaway, foremost, head, high, highlight, keynote, king, leading, major, parent, pivotal, primal, principal, slip-on, substantial), primeiro (early, first, fore, forehand, foremost, former, initial, leading, origin, primal, primary, prime), preparativo (arrangement, preliminary, preparatory, prior), preparatório (preliminary, prep, preparatory, prior), ato de preparar, apresto (starch). (various references) preliminar (initiative, initiatory, introductory, preliminary, tentative), pregãtitor (initiatory, preparatory). (various references) приготовление, приготовительный (prep, preparatory). (various references) pripremni (prep, preparatory). (various references) preparativo (disposition). (various references) preparativ. (various references) hazırlayıcı (preparatory), hazırlık (arrangement, preparation, preparatory, Providence, provision, stand by). (various references) підготовчий (preparatory), підготовка (background, preparation, training), підготовний (preparatory). (various references) sắm sửa, sửa soạn, lệnh sẵn s ng, dự bị (preliminary), chuẩn bị, công việc sắm sửa, công việc sửa soạn, công việc chuẩn bị. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "preparative": preparatively, preparatives. (additional references) | |
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"Preparative" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: periperative, propagative, purportive. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-i-p-p-r-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: reparative. | |
-2 letters: privateer. | |
-3 letters: peripter, privater, rapparee, reappear, tarpaper, veratria. | |
-4 letters: apteria, paperer, parapet, pareira, partier, pearter, peatier, periapt, pervert, preaver, prepare, pretape, private, repaper, riveter, taperer, tearier, trapper, tripper, variate. | |
-5 letters: aerate, aerier, appear, arrive, artier, aviate, errata, irater, pareve, pereia, perter, pirate, prater, privet, rapier, rappee, rapper, reaper, reaver, reiver, repair, repave, repeat. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-i-p-p-r-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: preparatives. | |
+2 letters: preparatively. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 70 61 72 61 74 69 76 65 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01110000 01100001 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101001 01110110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e p a r a t i v e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0070 0061 0072 0061 0074 0069 0076 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5084718267846786758871 |
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