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Meaning of 'preparation' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Preparation [ n.]
- The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.
- The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.
- That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.
- That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery.
- An army or fleet.
- The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.
- Accomplishment; qualification.

Meaning of 'preparation' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . preparation [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
Example in sentence:
  • cooking can be a great art;
  • he left the preparation of meals to his wife;
  • people are needed who have experience in cookery
Meaning (2):
- the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
Example in sentence:
  • his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties
Meaning (3):
- the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
Example in sentence:
  • preparations for the ceremony had begun
Meaning (4):
- the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
Example in sentence:
  • putting them in readiness;
  • their preparation was more than adequate
Meaning (5):
- a substance prepared according to a formula
Example in sentence:
  • the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
Meaning (6):
- (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord
Example in sentence:
  • the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance

Nearby Words:

pre- preaccusation preace preach preached preacher preachership preachify preaching preachman

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