preparatory

As an adjective preparatory

is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.

As a noun methodology is

the study of methods used in a field.

As adjectives the difference between preparatory and false

is that preparatory is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative while false is (label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.

As an adjective preparatory

is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.

As an adverb preliminarily is

in a preliminary manner.

As adjectives the difference between preparatory and undefined

is that preparatory is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative while undefined is lacking a definition or value.

As adjectives the difference between preparatory and private

is that preparatory is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative while private is belonging to, concerning, or accessible only to an individual person or a specific group.

As a noun private is

the lowest rank of the army.

As adjectives the difference between preparatory and prelusive

is that preparatory is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative while prelusive is acting as a prelude; preliminary.

Preparatory is a related term of proemial.

As adjectives the difference between preparatory and proemial

is that preparatory is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative while proemial is of or pertaining to a proem or proemium.

Preparatory is a related term of previous.

As adjectives the difference between preparatory and previous

is that preparatory is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative while previous is prior; occurring before something else, either in time or order.

As a noun previous is

(informal|uk) an existing criminal record; short for "previous convictions".

As an adjective preparatory

is of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.

As a verb preparing is

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As a noun preparing is

preparation.

As an initialism prep

is (emergency medicine) initialism of pre-exposure prophylaxis .

As an adjective preparatory is

of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative.