preparatory
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
preparatory/prɪˈparətri/
▶adjective serving as or carrying out preparation.
■ Brit. relating to education in a preparatory school.
– phrases
preparatory to as a preparation for.
preparatory to as a preparation for.
'preparatory' also found in these Oxford entries:
engage
- foundation course
- inchoate
- preliminary
- prep
- preparative
- preparatory school
- preppy
- prep school
- primer
- rove
- run-up
- spadework
