Both Uses
preparatory
in
A Walk Across America
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- We never saw each other during the four years of high school because her parents sent her to a very expensive and exclusive girls' prep school where the tough curriculum was geared to get students into Ivy League colleges.†
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- Before leaving for prep school, she broke up and gave back my I.D. bracelet.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(preparatory) done to get ready for something that will happen later
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(2)
(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.