preparatory

What it means

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.

   I will conduct some preparatory research before choosing the new restaurant's location.

   1 more example

   A butcher bird has stirred, tuned its flute with a few preparatory notes.

   1934, Henry G. Lamond, An Aviary On The Plains, page 47

In a sentence

I will conduct some preparatory research before choosing the new restaurant's location.

Where it comes from

1. Late Latinpraeparatorius
2. Middle Englishpreparatori
3. Englishpreparatory

From Middle English preparatori, from Late Latin praeparatorius. By surface analysis, prepare + -atory.