PREPARATIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does preparative mean? 

• PREPARATIVE (adjective)
  The adjective PREPARATIVE has 1 sense:

1. preceding and preparing for something

  Familiarity information: PREPARATIVE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PREPARATIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Preceding and preparing for something

Synonyms:

preparative; preparatory; propaedeutic

Context example:

preparatory steps

Similar:

preceding (existing or coming before)

Derivation:

prepare (make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc)

prepare (arrange by systematic planning and united effort)

prepare (educate for a future role or function)

 Context examples 

A preparative treatment regimen given prior to autologous cell transplantation.

(Autologous Conditioning, NCI Thesaurus)

A preparative treatment regimen given prior to a cell transplantation from a genetically non-identical donor.

(Allogeneic Conditioning, NCI Thesaurus)

She was not aware of it, however, any more than she was aware that her desire that Martin take a position was the instinctive and preparative impulse of motherhood.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Nuclear extracts contain proteins in nuclear compartment of the cell and are used to monitor transcription factor activation in a variety of standard protocols, including electrophoresis mobility shift assay (EMSA), DNA footprinting, Western blotting and preparative purification of nuclear proteins.

(Nuclear Extract, NCI Thesaurus)