Preparation ¹

Definition: 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.

Preparation ²

Definition: The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.

Preparation ³

Definition: That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.

Preparation ⁴

Definition: 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.

Preparation ⁵

Definition: An army or fleet.

Preparation ⁶

Definition: 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.

Preparation ⁷

Definition: Accomplishment; qualification.

preparation ⁸

Definition: 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"

preparation ⁹

Definition: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

preparation ¹⁰

Definition: activity leading to skilled behavior

preparation ¹¹

Definition: the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"

preparation ¹²

Definition: 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"

preparation ¹³

Definition: (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"

preparation ¹⁴

Definition: 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"

preparation ¹⁵

Definition: a substance prepared according to a formula