Preparatory

Defoe praised the preparatory work by London's mayor and the city's councilmen, as well as the College of Physicians, in their efforts to contain the plague.

She studied music at a preparatory school.

Tom went to an elite preparatory school.

"You said that Tom is taking the secondary school entrance exam? Where is he going for preparatory school?" "He's going to one in the city." "How is he getting there? Are you taking him to and from?" "No. He always gets there by himself."

These tests are also standardized, so they can only give you questions from the syllabus you can find in preparatory books.

Nowadays, the preparatory value of Esperanto for other languages is much emphasized.

I will conduct some preparatory research before choosing the new restaurant's location.

A butcher bird has stirred, tuned its flute with a few preparatory notes.