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preparatory

[pri-par-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -pair-, prep-er-uh-]

adjective

serving or designed to prepare: preparatory arrangements.

preliminary; introductory: preparatory remarks.

of or pertaining to training that prepares for more advanced education.

Idiom

preparatory to, in advance of; before: The astronauts met with the press preparatory to lifting off.

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a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.

opposition to the withdrawal of state support or recognition from an established church, esp. the Anglican Church in 19th-century England.

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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English < Medieval Latin praeparātōrius. See prepare, -tory¹

Related forms

pre·par·a·to·ri·ly, adverb

non·pre·par·a·to·ry, adjective

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preparatory (prɪˈpærətərɪ, -trɪ)

—*adj*
1.	serving to prepare
2.	introductory or preliminary
3.	occupied in preparation
4.	preparatory to as a preparation to; before: a drink preparatory to eating

pre'paratorily

—*adv*

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"Now life is the only art that we are required to practice without preparation, and without being allowed the preliminary trials, the failures and botches, that are essential for the training of a mere beginner. In life, we must begin to give a public performance before we have acquired even a novice's skill; and often our moments of seeming mastery are upset by new demands, for which we have acquired no preparatory facility. Life is a score that we play at sight, not merely before we have divined the intentions of the composer, but even before we have mastered our instruments; even worse, a large part of the score has been only roughly indicated, and we must improvise the music for our particular instrument, over long passages. On these terms, the whole operation seems one of endless difficulty and frustration; and indeed, were it not for the fact that some of the passages have been played so often by our predecessors that, when we come to them, we seem to recall some of the score and can anticipate the natural sequence of the notes, we might often give up in sheer despair. The wonder is not that so much cacophony appears in our actual individual lives, but that there is any appearance of harmony and progression."

-Lewis Mumford

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