American English pronunciation
How to pronounce preparatory
IPA transcription: [pɹɪ'pɛɹə,tɔɹi]
Pronunciation variants: [pɹɪ'pɛɹə,tɔɹi][p'ɹɛpɹə,tɔɹi][pɹɪ'pɛɹə,tɚi][p'ɹɛpɹə,tɚi]
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Adjective
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preceding and preparing for something
“preparatory steps”
Usage examples
- Luther Preparatory School is the oldest Lutheran high school in the United States.
- The choral conductor is usually acknowledged for their preparatory work in the concert program.
- The ships that he did see were engaged in preparatory fleet exercises.
- "The Mount" preparatory school is located a short distance away in Blundellsands.
- Sidney T. Smythe as a private, all-male college preparatory and leadership development school.
- Shriver attended high school at the Georgetown Preparatory School, North Bethesda, Maryland.
- The Preparatory School is situated in Fir Road, Rondebosch close to the college campus.
- There are also other non-preparatory private schools.
- The town is also home to Brewster Academy, a private preparatory school.
- The school was known for having a university preparatory curriculum.