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preparation

American  
[prep-uh-rey-shuhn] / ˌprɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something.

    preparations for a journey.

  2. any proceeding, experience, or the like considered as a mode of preparing for the future.

  3. an act of preparing.

  4. the state of being prepared.

  5. something prepared, manufactured, or compounded.

    a special preparation for sunbathers.

  6. a specimen, as an animal body, prepared for scientific examination, dissection, etc.

  7. Music.

    1. the preparing of a dissonance, by introducing the dissonant tone as a consonant tone in the preceding chord.

    2. the tone so introduced.

  8. New Testament. the day before the Sabbath or a feast day.

  9. British. work done by students in preparation for class; homework.

  10. the Preparation, the introductory prayers of the Mass or other divine service.

preparation British  
/ ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən /

noun

  1. the act or process of preparing

  2. the state of being prepared; readiness

  3. (often plural) a measure done in order to prepare for something; provision

    to make preparations for something

  4. something that is prepared, esp a medicinal formulation

    1. homework

    2. Usually shortened to: prep.  the period reserved for this

  6. music

    1. the anticipation of a dissonance so that the note producing it in one chord is first heard in the preceding chord as a consonance

    2. a note so employed

  7. (often capital) the preliminary prayers at Mass or divine service

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Other Word Forms

  • nonpreparation noun
  • prepreparation noun
  • self-preparation noun
  • superpreparation noun

Etymology

Origin of preparation

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English preparacion, from Latin praeparātiōn-, stem of praeparātiō, from praeparāt(us) “made ready beforehand” (past participle of praeparāre “to make ready beforehand”; prepare ) + -iō -ion

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