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preparation

English

🔊 the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
“preparations for the ceremony had begun”
🔊 (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”
🔊 activity leading to skilled behavior
🔊 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”
🔊 a substance prepared according to a formula
“the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine”
🔊 the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
“cooking can be a great art”
🔊 preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
🔊 the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
“putting them in readiness”