preparation

Meanings

Plural: preparations

Noun

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
  • "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
• a substance prepared according to a formula
  • "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
  • "their preparation was more than adequate"
• (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord
  • "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
• activity leading to skilled behavior
• preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
  • "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
• The act of preparing or getting ready.
• The state of being prepared; readiness.
• That which is prepared.
• A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
• That which is prepared.
• A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
• That which is prepared.
• Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
• The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
• Devotional exercises introducing an office.
• The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Synonyms

cookery, cooking, formulation, grooming, homework, planning, prep, preparedness, provision, readiness, readying, training

Antonyms

resolution

Related Words

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