Preparatory
[prɪ'pærət(ə)rɪ] or [prɪ'pærətɔri]
Definition
(adj.) preceding and preparing for something; 'preparatory steps' .
Typist: Vance--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) 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.
Typist: Serena
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Introductory, preliminary, prefatory.
Typist: Norton
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See PRELIMINARY]
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Examples
- The time having come for her withdrawal for the night, and she having left us, I gave Mr. Wickfield my hand, preparatory to going away myself. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Then a machine was needed and invented to wind the corn-brush with the cord or wire and tie it in a round bunch, preparatory to flattening and sewing it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Touching glasses together in drinking, preparatory to a confidential talk, has come to be nicknamed hob-nobbing because of the equipment incidental to that action years ago. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- They appear as anchored in the new concrete docks at Colon, preparatory to their passage through the canal, after having made the longest sea voyage then on record for submarines. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- On one of the preparatory days three heavier than air machines were man?uvring in the great aerodrome at the same time. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- I like good strong words that mean something, replied Jo, catching her hat as it took a leap off her head preparatory to flying away altogether. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The steward and chambermaid, and all, were busily engaged in cleaning, furbishing, and arranging the splendid boat, preparatory to a grand entree. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But I say,' resumed Lowten, scraping the back of the pen preparatory to making a fresh split, 'what a soft chap that other is! Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- There were few preparatory arrangements to be made for the marriage of Mr. Snodgrass. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The raw materials for the open-hearth furnaces are received on elevated railroad tracks graded and piled preparatory to sending to the furnaces. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Everything that makes schooling merely preparatory (See ante, p. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I have pointed to my own manuscript volumes, which represent the toil of years preparatory to a work not yet accomplished. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I was reinforced from time to time and the men were drilled and disciplined preparatory for the service which was sure to come. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I must inform you, gentlemen, that the Priory is a preparatory school, of which I am the founder and principal. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Artillery was brought up and reconnoissances made preparatory to an assault. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Priory is, without exception, the best and most select preparatory school in England. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- There is far less preparatory work and she is able to place her home on a much more efficient basis than with ordinary methods. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- I'm wery sorry, Sammy,' said the elder Mr. Weller, shaking up the ale, by describing small circles with the pot, preparatory to drinking. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The preparatory interest of this dinner, however, was not yet over. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Blathers and Duff; and actually put on his hat preparatory to sallying forth to obtain the assistance of those worthies. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- He became aware that Mr. Jackson was clearing his throat preparatory to farther revelations. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- With the cradle the cut swath could be laid down neatly for drying preparatory to being bound into bundles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- As the troops marched out of the enclosure around the arsenal, Blair was on his horse outside forming them into line preparatory to their march. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Showing a shaft weighing about 33,000 pounds being taken from the vertical heating furnace and suspended over the oil-tank preparatory to being lowered for tempering. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A very successful visit:I saw all the three ladies; and felt very much obliged to you for your preparatory hint. Jane Austen. Emma.
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