preparative

/pri'pærətiv/

Thân thiện

The team takes preparative steps before the main event.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Preceding and preparing for something; serving to make ready: The word "preparative" describes something that is done or used as a preliminary step to get ready for a main action, event, or purpose. It is synonymous with "preparatory."

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • The team held a series of preparative meetings before the official negotiations began.
  • These exercises are preparative for the more advanced techniques you will learn next week.
  • She viewed the initial research as a purely preparative phase for her thesis.

Advanced Usage

• In a formal or technical context: "Preparative" is often used in academic, scientific, or formal writing to describe preliminary procedures.
  • The chemist performed a preparative chromatography to isolate the compound.
• As a noun (less common): In specialized contexts, it can function as a noun meaning a preparatory act or measure.
  • The signing of the memorandum was a necessary preparative for the joint venture.

Variants and Related Words

• Prepare (verb): To make ready or get ready for something.
  • We need to prepare the documents for the meeting.
• Preparation (noun): The action or process of making ready.
  • The preparation for the festival took months.
• Preparatory (adjective): Serving to prepare; introductory. This is a more common synonym.
  • He took a preparatory course before starting his degree.

Synonyms

• Preparatory: Introductory, preliminary.
• Preliminary: Initial, introductory, opening.
• Introductory: Serving as an introduction; initial.

Antonyms

• Concluding: Final, ending.
• Final: Last, ultimate.
• Terminal: Forming the end.

Related Phrases

• Preparative to (formal): As a preparation for; before.
  • He meditated each morning, preparative to starting his work.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. preceding and preparing for something
   • preparatory steps

Từ đồng nghĩa

• preparatory
• propaedeutic