preparation
noun
a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something.
self-preparation
-
a word derived from
preparation.
Example Sentences
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Even tax software used for self-preparation may require this in order to reduce manual data entry errors.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 1, 2026
Rather than slapdash plans for protests, there are more calls for self-care and self-preparation, like stocking up on Plan B and gender-affirming hormones.
From Slate ● Nov. 18, 2024
He devoted himself to self-preparation with the assiduity of Petrarch or of Goethe, "In wearisome labour and studious watchings I have tired out almost a whole youth."
From Milton by Mark Pattison
But when he came to compare thoughtfully his store of knowledge with the published requirements he would have to meet, he found that his self-preparation had been rather one-sided.
From Herbert Hoover The Man and His Work by Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman) Kellogg
Pay we must in time, in thought, in perseverance and patience, in study of the problems and self-preparation for the task.
From The Social Emergency Studies in Sex Hygiene and Morals by William Trufant Foster
