preparation
- a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.
- any proceeding, experience, or the like considered as a mode of preparing for the future.
- an act of preparing.
- the state of being prepared.
- something prepared, manufactured, or compounded: a special preparation for sunbathers.
- a specimen, as an animal body, prepared for scientific examination, dissection, etc.
- Music.
- the preparing of a dissonance, by introducing the dissonant tone as a consonant tone in the preceding chord.
- the tone so introduced.
- New Testament. the day before the Sabbath or a feast day.
- British. work done by students in preparation for class; homework.
- the Preparation, the introductory prayers of the Mass or other divine service.
Origin of preparation
Related Words for preparation
training, groundwork, establishment, study, arrangement, rehearsal, preparedness, construction, formation, plan, qualification, measure, education, precaution, rundown, anticipation, basis, fitting, alertness, manufactureExamples from the Web for preparation
Contemporary Examples of preparation
With 221 years of preparation, we should know how to respond.
Our memo standardizes across the services what we expect everyone to do in preparation of going, while there, and upon return.
Spall spent two years training to paint in preparation for the role.
But not before Chloe climbs to the top of the highest bridge in NYC in preparation of killing herself.
Recruitment, preparation and performance evaluation are all coming under scrutiny.
Historical Examples of preparation
What may be said of the handling of pastry in its preparation for baking?
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Describe the preparation of oranges for salads and desserts.
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Such material should be utilized in the preparation of these foods.
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Tell briefly about the preparation of coffee for the market.
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Their preparation for cooking is similar to that of oysters.
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preparation
- the act or process of preparing
- the state of being prepared; readiness
- (often plural) a measure done in order to prepare for something; provisionto make preparations for something
- something that is prepared, esp a medicinal formulation
- (esp in a boarding school)
- homework
- the period reserved for thisUsually shortened to: prep
- music
- the anticipation of a dissonance so that the note producing it in one chord is first heard in the preceding chord as a consonance
- a note so employed
- (often capital) the preliminary prayers at Mass or divine service
Word Origin and History for preparation
preparation
(prĕp′ə-rā′shən)- A substance, such as a medicine, prepared for a particular purpose.