antecedent, before, essential, foremost, in preparation for, initiatory, opening, precessional, prelim, prelusive, prevenient, proemial, provisional
Definitionadj. preceding and preparing for something
Last update: August 20, 2015
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Number of people attended the preparatory meeting of that party for elections. [Please select]
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In rear of these lines VerdunToul and Epinal-Belfort, respectively, lie two large defended areas in which under certain circumstances the main armies would assemble preparatory to offensive movements. [Please select]
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See, these batteries are limbering up preparatory to a withdrawal. [Please select]
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"I attended preparatory school in the East, and was sent during vacations to a tutoring school, owned by Mr." [Please select]
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CASE 3 At the conclusion of the play the cards are turned face downward preparatory to the next deal. [Please select]
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It was the first day of the summer term, at Oakwood Preparatory School, and the head master, Dr. [Please select]
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Others say it was used for drying bundles of wood by suspension over the fire preparatory to use in the fireplace. [Please select]
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The latter can thus be tightened preparatory to the operation of filling in with the woof. [Please select]
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One day Edward was having a hurried dinner, preparatory to catching the New York train. [Please select]
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The horn sounded again, and the carriage jerked backwards preparatory to starting on its way to Beni-Mora. [Please select]
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The rule of putting only suspensory and preparatory action in the first act is universally followed by Shakespeare and all other successful writers of plays, and is better settled than any other. [Please select]
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