Meanings
- 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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivepreceding and preparing for something
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latinpraeparatorius
- Middle Englishpreparatori
- Englishpreparatory
From Middle English preparatori, from Late Latin praeparatorius. By surface analysis, prepare + -atory.
More words from Middle English, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan preparatori
- preparatoriof or pertaining to preparation
Czech přípravný
- přípravnýof or pertaining to preparation
Dutch voorbereidend
- voorbereidendof or pertaining to preparation
Esperanto prepara
- preparaof or pertaining to preparation
Finnish alustava, valmisteleva
- alustavaof or pertaining to preparation
- valmistelevaof or pertaining to preparation
- valmistelu-of or pertaining to preparation
French préparatoire
- préparatoireof or pertaining to preparation
German vorbereitend
- vorbereitendof or pertaining to preparation
Hungarian előkészítő, felkészítő
- előkészítőof or pertaining to preparation
- felkészítőof or pertaining to preparation
- alapozóof or pertaining to preparation
- nulladikof or pertaining to preparation
Indonesian persiapan
- persiapanof or pertaining to preparation
Italian preparatoria, preliminare
- preparatoriaof or pertaining to preparation
- preliminareof or pertaining to preparation
- preparatorioof or pertaining to preparation
Latin praeparatorius
- praeparatoriusof or pertaining to preparation
Malay persediaan
- persediaanof or pertaining to preparation
Māori whakataka
- whakatakaof or pertaining to preparation
Polish przygotowawczy
- przygotowawczyof or pertaining to preparation
Portuguese preparatório
- preparatórioof or pertaining to preparation
Romanian pregătitor, preliminar
- pregătitorof or pertaining to preparation
- preliminarof or pertaining to preparation
- preparatorof or pertaining to preparation
Russian подготовительный
- подготовительный (podgotovitelʹnyj)of or pertaining to preparation
Spanish preparatorio
- preparatorioof or pertaining to preparation
Swedish förberedande
- förberedandeof or pertaining to preparation
Cite this entry
preparatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preparatory
“preparatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preparatory. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “preparatory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/preparatory.
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