preparation

[ prep-uh-rey-shuh n ]

/ ˌprɛp əˈreɪ ʃən /

noun

a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey.

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

an act of preparing.

the state of being prepared.

something prepared, manufactured, or compounded: a special preparation for sunbathers.

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

Music.

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

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

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

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

Origin of preparation

1350–1400; Middle English preparacion < Latin praeparātiōn- (stem of praeparātiō), a preparing, equivalent to praeparāt(us) (past participle of praeparāre to prepare) + -iōn- -ion

OTHER WORDS FROM preparation

non·prep·a·ra·tion, noun pre·prep·a·ra·tion, noun self-prep·a·ra·tion, noun su·per·prep·a·ra·tion, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for pre-preparation

preparation

/ (ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən) /

noun

the act or process of preparing

the state of being prepared; readiness

(often plural) a measure done in order to prepare for something; provision to make preparations for something

something that is prepared, esp a medicinal formulation

(esp in a boarding school)

homework
the period reserved for thisUsually shortened to: prep

music

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

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

Medical definitions for pre-preparation

preparation

[ prĕp′ə-rā′shən ]

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A substance, such as a medicine, prepared for a particular purpose.

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