Both Uses
preparatory
in
The Hunt for Red October
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- The Nakhimov School was a special three-year prep school for youngsters aspiring to a career at sea.†
Chpt 3. *
- Thus the technology used to localize a target first detected by SOSUS, or to "delouse" a discrete piece of ocean preparatory to the passage of a convoy, simply was not up to a random search of the deep ocean.†
Chpt 10.
Definitions:
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(1)
(preparatory) done to get ready for something that will happen later
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) The expressions preparatory school and preparatory classes typically imply preparation for college. Often, preparatory school is shortened to prep school.