All 3 Uses
preparatory
in
After Dark, by Murakami
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- They wanted me to go to some famous prep school and become a doctor or a lawyer or something.†
Chpt 5 *
- "This is still kind of a preparatory stage for you," Takahashi says.†
Chpt 11
- But there aren't any preparatory stages in the world she lives in.†
Chpt 11
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.