preparatory
preparatory is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abecedary
- academic
- academy
- advance
- aforementioned
- aforesaid
- alma
- ambo
- amphitheater
- and
- antecedence
- antecedency
- antecedent
- anteposition
- anterior
- anteriority
- art
- auditorium
- ball
- before
- boarding
- book
- box
- cathedra
- chair
- class
- college
- collegiate
- come
- coming
- continuation
- convent
- creche
- cyclopedia
- dance
- day
- denominational
- desk
- dictionary
- educational
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is preparatory.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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