Definition of Preparation

Noun

  • 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"
  • preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
  • activity leading to skilled behavior
  • (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"
  • 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"
  • 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 activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
    "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
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Unscramble preparation

640 unscramble word found using the letters preparation.

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