Preparatory

Definition: Preparatory

Preparatory

Adjective

1. Preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "preparatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1657. (references)

Synonyms: Preparatory

Precedence

Adjective: preceding; Verb: precedent, antecedent; anterior; prior; before; former; foregoing; beforementioned, abovementioned, aforementioned; aforesaid, said; precursory, precursive; prevenient, preliminary, prefatory, introductory; prelusive, prelusory; proemial, preparatory.

Preparation

Precautionary, provident; preparative, preparatory; provisional, inchoate, under revision; preliminary; (precedent).

School

Day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, Board school, denominational school, National school, British and Foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, County Council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school; school of art; kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory.

Crosswords: Preparatory

References

• Johnan Academic Preparatory Institute: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Preparatory Chemistry (reference)

• Preparatory Exercises in Score Reading (reference)

• Preparatory Module Video Series (reference)

• Preparatory to Anglo-Saxon England: Being the Collected Papers of Frank Merry Stenton (Oxford Scholarly Classics) (reference)

• Sat Verbal: Preparatory Study Cards (Study Cards) (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Shrimp trawl operations. The 60-foot trawl has been raised preparatory to brailing out the shrimp. Photo B-50229. Credit: Fisheries.

U.S. Troops Breaking Camp in rear of Siboney, preparatory to going to Santiago, July 9/98. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"During the official test of the baby submarine by Dr. William Beebe on behalf of the National Geographic Society. Frank Crilley, the holder of the world's deep-sea diving record in diving suit, being dressed in his togs preparatory to going down in the submarine, passing out through its underwater hatch, and then rising to the surface outside the submarine -- the climax of the test." Quoted from the original caption of this photograph, which was taken in late 1932, during tests on the Explorer in Pelham Bay, Long Island, New York. Frank William Crilley, the diver in this photograph, had been awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in rescuing another man during diving operations on USS F-4 (SS-23) on 17 April 1915. Credit: NAVY.

Junior preparatory class of Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee. Credit: Library of Congress.

Senior preparatory class of Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn., before 1906. Credit: Library of Congress.

Art class in Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Science class in Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School, Washington, D.C. Credit: Library of Congress.

Madame Dronet threading frame preparatory to weaving. Erath, Louisiana. Credit: Library of Congress.

Hooking shepard crane to tractor preparatory to hoisting it off truck to repairs shop in FSA (Farm Security Administration) warehouse depot. Atlanta, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress.

Georgetown Preparatory School. Altar in chapel at Georgetown Preparatory School. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

About $150 million were spent in 1998 on exploration and preparatory activities. (references)

But more preparatory work is needed and the new bilateral initiative (described below) is another step in the right direction. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malaysia

In May, the Government decided not to approve the Falun Gong Preparatory Committee's application to register as a legal organization. (references)

Iran

In February the Government denied visas to the Baha'i delegation to the Regional Preparatory Conference for the World Conference on Racism, held in Tehran. (references)

Congo

In August security forces detained 24 members of FONUS at Ndjili airport in Kinshasa, where other FONUS members had gathered to greet ICD delegates returning from preparatory meetings in Gaborone, Botswana. (references)

Economic History

South Korea

Following six preparatory meetings, the first four-party plenary session took place in Geneva in December 1997, with subsequent sessions in March 1998, October 1998, January 1999, April 1999, and August 1999. Beginning in January 1999, the four parties focused their efforts on achieving progress in two subcommittees focusing respectively on tension reduction on the Korean Peninsula and the establishment of a permanent peace regime there that would replace the 1953 military armistice. (references)

Israel

Israel and the PLO subsequently signed the Gaza-Jericho Agreement on May 4, 1994, and the Agreement on Preparatory Transfer of Powers and Responsibilities on August 29, 1994, which began the process of transferring authority from Israel to the Palestinians. (references)

Ukraine

A representative office can carry out marketing, promotional, and other auxiliary and preparatory functions on behalf of the company. (references)

Human Rights

Slovak Republic

In July in response to the death of Karol Sendrei while in police custody, Interior Minister Ivan Simko established new measures to prevent police brutality, including mandatory psychological tests when hiring law enforcement officials, more stringent job requirements, and improved curriculum at preparatory academies, including better training on the appropriate use of coercion. (references)

Political Economy

Hong Kong

The Macau SAR government is headed by Chief Executive Edmund Ho, who was chosen by a 200-member Selection Committee, in turn chosen by the Beijing-appointed Preparatory Committee. (references)

Political Rights

Macau

The Government is led by a Chief Executive, chosen by a 200-member Selection Committee, which was chosen by the Preparatory Committee (60 Macau and 40 mainland representatives appointed by the NPC of the People's Republic of China). (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "preparatory": preparatory class ♦ preparatory coat ♦ preparatory culture ♦ preparatory cutting ♦ preparatory felling ♦ preparatory measure ♦ preparatory period ♦ preparatory phase ♦ preparatory school ♦ preparatory session ♦ preparatory to ♦ preparatory work. Additional references.

Beginning with "preparatory": preparatory-tutorial.

Ending with "preparatory": ante-preparatory.

Albanian

paraprak (anticipatory, precautionary, preliminary, prior), përgatitor (prep, preparative). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تمهيدي (draft, initiative, introductory, precursory, prefatory, preliminary, propaedeutic, sketchy), ‏تحضيري, ‏إعدادي (precursory, preparative). (various references)

Bulgarian 

уводен (initiative, initiatory, introductory, precursory, prefatory, prelusive, propaedeutic), встъпителен (entrance, exordial, inaugural, introductory, opening, precursory, prefatory, prelusive), предварителен (advance, forward, introductory, precursory, preliminary, premonitory, preparative, tentative), подготвителен (initiative, initiatory, preliminary, prelusive, preparative, propaedeutic). (various references)

Chinese 

� �備 (preparation, to make ready, to prepare), 准备 (PREP, Preparation, Prepare, Prepared, Preparedness, Preparing, readiness, readying, warm-up). (various references)

Czech

přípravný výbor. (various references)

Danish

forfrugt (first crop, preceding crop, preparatory culture, previous crop), forestå visse undersøgelser (undertake certain preparatory inquiries), forberedente foranstaltning (preparatory step), forberedende undersøgelse (preparatory study), forberedende udvalg (preparatory Committees), forberedende retsakt (preparatory act), forberedende møde (preparatory session), Forberedende foranstaltninger inden for området transeuropæiske netværk-integreret bredbåndskommunikation (Preparatory actions in the field of Trans-European Networks-Integrated Broadband Communications, TEN-IBC), forberedende arbejder (dead works, preparatory work, topsides, upper works), forberedelsesperiode (preparatory period), forberedelseshugst (advance felling, preparatory cutting, preparatory felling), dommerne forestaar visse undersoegelser (the Judges undertake certain preparatory inquiries), den polarografiske metode kraever en omstaendelig manuel forberedelse,da det er noedvendigt at foraske det filter,hvorpaa proeven er absorberet,og genoploese proeven (calcination and then redissolving are necessary, since after absorption on filters, the polarographic method demands laborious manual preparatory work), bevisoptagelse (preparatory inquiries, preparatory inquiry). (various references)

Dutch

voorafgaand (former, last, preliminary, previous, prior), preliminair (preliminary, prior). (various references)

Esperanto

prepara (preliminary, prior). (various references)

Farsi 

پستاءی , مقدماتی (Elementary, First, Preliminary, Primary, Prolegomenon), مربوطبه تهیه یامقدمات . (various references)

Finnish

valmistava (preliminary). (various references)

French

préparatoire. (various references)

German

vorbereitend (preliminary, preparative, preparing). (various references)

Greek 

βραδυνή μελέτη (prep), προκαταρκτικόσ (precursory, preliminary), προπαρασκευαστικόσ, προπαιδεία (multiplication table, prep), προετοιμασία (conditioning, prep, preparation). (various references)

Hebrew 

מכין (establishing). (various references)

Hungarian

elõzetes (anticipatory, precursory, preliminary, previous, prior), elõkészítõ (initiative, preparative). (various references)

Italian

preparatorio (preparative), preliminare (introductory, preliminary). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

予備的 (preliminary). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

よびてき (preliminary). (various references)

Korean 

준비 (PREP, Preparation, Preparative, Preparedness, Preparing, readying). (various references)

Manx

aarlagh (preparation). (various references)

Pig Latin

eparatorypray.(various references)

Portuguese

preparatório (preliminary, prep, preparative, prior). (various references)

Romanian

pregãtitor (initiatory, preparative), care se pregãteşte. (various references)

Russian 

подготовительный (preparative, starting-up). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pripremni (prep, preparative). (various references)

Spanish

preparatorio. (various references)

Swedish

förberedande (paving, preliminary, preparing, prepatory). (various references)

Turkish

hazırlayıcı (preparative), hazırlık (arrangement, preparation, preparative, Providence, provision, stand by). (various references)

Ukrainian

підготовчий (preparative), підготовний (preparative). (various references)

Vietnamese 

trường dự bị, để sửa soạn, để dự bị, để chuẩn bị. (various references)

Welsh

rhagbaratoawl. (various references)

Misspellings

"Preparatory" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perparatory, preparator, preparatoryy, preparetory, preperatory, prepratory. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: preparator.

-2 letters: portrayer.

-3 letters: parroter, property, tarpaper.

-4 letters: aerator, arrayer, parapet, parroty, partyer, portray, praetor, prorate, rapport, trapper.

-5 letters: aortae, appear, arrear, artery, errata, orrery, papery, parrot, poetry, popery, porter, prater, prayer, prepay, pretor, proper, protea, pyrope, rapper, raptor, report, roarer, ropery, rotary, tapper, teapoy, terror, topper, yapper.

+2 letters: preparatorily.