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Preparation Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Preparation?
[n] the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
[n] the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" [n] preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) [n] activity leading to skilled behavior [n] the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" [n] (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 disonance" [n] the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate" [n] a substance prepared according to a formula Synonyms | Synonyms for Preparation: cookery | cooking | formulation | grooming | homework | planning | prep | preparedness | provision | readiness | readying | training Related Terms | Find terms related to Preparation: See Also | activity | agreement | alert | applecart | arrangement | baking | boiling | braising | broil | broiling | browning | calculation | cerebration | change of state | chemical compound | cleaner | cleanser | cleansing agent | compound | cuisine | culinary art | deliberation | deployment | discipline | drill | education | educational activity | exercise | fire control | forethought | frying | glycerinated gelatin | grilling | harmony | instruction | intellection | makeready | malice aforethought | mens rea | mentation | military training | musical harmony | nebula | pedagogy | percolation | planning | poaching | polish | practice | practice session | premeditation | priming | prolusion | qui vive | ready | recitation | retraining | roasting | sauteing | school assignment | schooling | seasoning | simmering | skull practice | skull session | smelling salts | state | stewing | teaching | tenderisation | tenderization | thinking | thought | toasting | tune-up | turnaround | turnround | warm-up Preparation In Webster's Dictionary \Prep`a*ra"tion\, n. [F. pr['e]paration, L.
praeparatio. See {Prepare}.]
1. 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.
2. The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness;
readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for
war.
3. That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a
preparatory act or measure.
I will show what preparations there were in nature
for this dissolution. --T. Burnet.
4. 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.
I wish the chemists had been more sparing who
magnify their preparations. --Sir T.
Browne.
In the preparations of cookery, the most
volatile parts of vegetables are destroyed.
--Arbuthnot.
5. An army or fleet. [Obs.] --Shak.
6. (Mus.) 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}.
7. Accomplishment; qualification. [Obs.] --Shak.
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