What does "preparative" mean?

Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary

How do you pronounce "preparative"?

Pronounced //pɹəˈpæɹətɪv//.

Common synonyms include: capacitating exercise session, girding, inductive, introductory, planning related, preconditioning.

/pɹəˈpæɹətɪv/ adj, noun

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Noun

1
Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary
"necessary preparatives for our voyage"

Adjective

1
That serves to prepare something
"preparative chromatography"
2
preliminary or preparatory
"preparative discussions"
3
Pertaining to the synthesis, purification, or isolation of compounds from mixtures or raw materials.

Adjective

"necessary preparatives for our voyage"

From Middle English preperatif, from Middle French preparatif and Medieval Latin prēparātīvus.