preparatory
pronunciation
How to pronounce preparatory in British English:
UK [prɪˈpærətri]
How to pronounce preparatory in American English:
US [prɪˈpærətɔːri]
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- Adjective:
- preceding and preparing for something
Word Origin
- preparatory (adj.)
- early 15c., from Late Latin praeparatorius, from Latin praeparatus (see preparation). Earlier in same sense was preparative (late 14c.). Applied from 1822 to junior schools in which pupils are "prepared" for a higher school.
Example
- 1. In 1952 the preparatory period began .
- 2. Shouts a teacher to a class of pupils at harvest preparatory school in minneapolis .
- 3. Shateria l. smith is a 2009 girls preparatory school graduate and full-time college student at the university of tennessee at chattanooga , where she is majoring in business entrepreneurship .
- 4. Schools offer a series of vocational-technical and university preparatory tracks involving one to three additional years of education beyond the minimum mandatory level .
- 5. Bloomberg warned that there are another 17 students from the school , st. francis preparatory school in queens , and as many as 100 of the students have fallen ill and will be tested for the virus .