preparatory

preparatory is a 11-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 18 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 18 · Words With Friends 19 · 2 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. preceding and preparing for something

   "preparatory steps"

   Synonyms: preparative, propaedeutic

Synonyms

preparative, propaedeutic

Common word forms

preparatorily

Words from these letters

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