English to English noun
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the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose |  | Example: preparations for the ceremony had begun
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a substance prepared according to a formula |  | Example: the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
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the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening |  | Example: his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties
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the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) |  | Example: putting them in readiness their preparation was more than adequate
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(music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord |  | Example: the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance
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activity leading to skilled behavior |  | source: wordnet30
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preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |  | Example: cooking can be a great art people are needed who have experience in cookery he left the preparation of meals to his wife
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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