Synonyms for preparatory
prɪˈpær əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -ˈpɛər-, ˈprɛp ər ə-prepara·to·ry

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1. preparatory, preparative, propaedeuticadjective

   preceding and preparing for something

   "preparatory steps"

   Synonyms:
   propaedeutic, preparative

   Antonyms:
   succeeding(a)

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1. preparatoryadjective

   Synonyms:
   introductory, preliminary, prefatory

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1. List of paraphrases for "preparatory":

   préparatoires, preparation, preparations, pre-hearing, préparatoire, prepa-ratory, prepcom, preliminary, pre-trial, preparedness

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1. Flavio Dino:

   I didn’t have access to the document and according to the press reports, it was a decree for a coup d’état that emphasizes what we saw on January 8 (the day of the riots), which wasn’t an isolated case. It was an element of a chain, a link in a coup chain in Brazil that had preparatory and astonishing acts, such as a decree of military intervention in the Electoral Court, which is unconstitutional.

2. Justin Shullick:

   At Northeast Ohio College Preparatory School, our scholars are taught to embody respect, responsibility and relentlessness. All three characteristics were on display yesterday.

3. Mike Pompeo:

   You don't know which ones you are actually going to get until the two leaders actually have a chance to get together, there was a lot of preparatory work. We were prepared for the potentiality of this outcome as well. And tomorrow we will get right back at it.

4. Isaac D?Israeli:

   Is a preface exquisitely written? No literary morsel is more delicious. Is the author inveterately dull? It is a kind of preparatory information, which may be very useful. It argues a deficiency of taste to turn over an elaborate preface unread: for it is the attar of the author?s roses, every drop distilled at an immense cost. It is the reason of the reasoning, and the folly of the foolish.

5. Mika Saarela:

   The Global Preparatory Academies plan has not fallen through and that is part of the ongoing process with the court.