preparation.
The act of preparing or getting ready.
Meaning & usage
The act of preparing or getting ready.
I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.
The state of being prepared; readiness.
That which is prepared. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare + -ation.
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