Meaning & use
Preparative
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Serving to prepare for something; preliminary.
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The team held several preparative meetings before the product launch.
Preparative exercises helped the dancers warm up before rehearsal.
A note on using this word
Also used as a noun in chemistry, where 'preparative chemistry' refers to methods for synthesizing compounds in quantity.
Words with a similar meaning
preparatorypreliminary
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Another way to use it
2. noun
Something done to prepare for an event or activity.
The preparatives for the ceremony took all morning.
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