preparation

[ prep-uh-rey-shuhn ]

/ ˌprɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /

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noun

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.

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Origin of preparation

1350–1400; Middle English preparacion<Latin praeparātiōn- (stem of praeparātiō), a preparing, equivalent to praeparāt(us) (past participle of praeparāre to prepare) + -iōn--ion

OTHER WORDS FROM preparation

non·prep·a·ra·tion, nounpre·prep·a·ra·tion, nounself-prep·a·ra·tion, nounsu·per·prep·a·ra·tion, noun

Words nearby preparation

preowned, prep, prepack, prepackage, prepacked, preparation, preparative, preparator, preparatory, preparatory school, prepare

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With 221 years of preparation, we should know how to respond.
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That moment helped me with this journey--between the faith and the physical preparation of training and isolation with hot yoga.
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Our memo standardizes across the services what we expect everyone to do in preparation of going, while there, and upon return.
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Spall spent two years training to paint in preparation for the role.
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All my musical studies till now have been a mere going to school, a preparation for him.
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Let your orders for preparation go round tonight, so that your knaves may be ready to set out betimes to-morrow.
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The staining fluid is applied for five to fifteen minutes, and the preparation is rinsed quickly in water, dried, and mounted.
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British Dictionary definitions for preparation

preparation

/ (ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən) /

noun

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

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