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prep·a·ra·tion 
[prep-uh-rey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key
[prep-uh-rey-shuhn] Pronunciation Key –noun
| 1. | a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something: preparations for a journey. |
| 2. | any proceeding, experience, or the like considered as a mode of preparing for the future. |
| 3. | an act of preparing. |
| 4. | the state of being prepared. |
| 5. | something prepared, manufactured, or compounded: a special preparation for sunbathers. |
| 6. | a specimen, as an animal body, prepared for scientific examination, dissection, etc. |
| 7. | Music.
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| 8. | New Testament. the day before the Sabbath or a feast day. |
| 9. | British. work done by students in preparation for class; homework. |
| 10. | the Preparation, the introductory prayers of the Mass or other divine service. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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(prěp'ə-rā'shən) Pronunciation Key
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
preparation
preparation
1390, "act of preparing," from L. præparationem (nom. præparatio) "a making ready," from præparatus, pp. of præparare "prepare," from præ- "before" + parare "make ready" (see pare). Meaning "a substance especially prepared" is from 1646. Verb prepare is attested from 1466, from M.Fr. preparer, from L. præparare; slang shortening prep is from 1927. Preparatory is first recorded 1413, from L.L. præparatorius, from L. præparatus. Applied from 1822 to junior schools in which pupils are "prepared" for a higher school.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| preparation | |
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| 1. | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun" |
| 2. | a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine" [syn: formulation] |
| 3. | 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" [syn: planning] |
| 4. | 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" [syn: readiness] |
| 5. | (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" [ant: resolution] |
| 6. | activity leading to skilled behavior [syn: training] |
| 7. | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) [syn: homework] |
| 8. | 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" [syn: cooking] |
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preparation prep·a·ra·tion (prěp'ə-rā'shən)
n.
A substance, such as a medicine, prepared for a particular purpose.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Preparation
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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