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preparation
[ prep-uh-rey-shuhn ]
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.
preparation
/ ˌɛəˈɪʃə /
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 this Usually shortened toprep
- 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
Other yvlog Forms
- ԴDzp··tDz noun
- p··tDz noun
- -a·tDz noun
- p·a·tDz noun
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of preparation1
Example Sentences
The rise was partly driven by preparations for Brexit and new functions the British state did not have to carry out during EU membership.
"We're waiting nine months from the last major so to end your preparations with such a fun afternoon is great," said McIlroy.
He was remanded in custody until his next court appearance for a plea and trial preparation hearing on 7 May.
“He showed a lot of initiative doing that,” Garland says of Poulter’s preparation.
He had been doing the same in the simulator in preparation for the race, thinking the DRS was closing automatically.
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