Preparation
[,prepə'reɪʃ(ə)n] or [,prɛpə'reʃən]
Definition
(noun.) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; 'preparations for the ceremony had begun'.
(noun.) (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'.
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Definition
(n.) 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.
(n.) The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.
(n.) That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.
(n.) 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.
(n.) An army or fleet.
(n.) 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.
(n.) Accomplishment; qualification.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Provision, making ready.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Provision, making_ready
ANT:{Without_preparation}, without, provision
Typist: Ollie
Definition
n. the act of preparing: previous arrangement: the state of being prepared or ready: that which is prepared or made ready: (anat.) a part of any animal body preserved as a specimen: the day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day: devotional exercises introducing an office: (mus.) the previous introduction as an integral part of a chord of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.—adj. Prēpar′ative having the power of preparing or making ready: fitting for anything.—n. that which prepares the way: preparation.—adv. Prēpar′atively by way of preparation.—adj. Prēpar′atory preparing for something coming: previous: introductory.
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Examples
- They all rose up in preparation for a round game. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Nothing was said of the master's marriage, and I saw no preparation going on for such an event. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- Some prefer a preparation in the form of a paste, as follows: =Cherry Tooth Paste. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It may be that he sounds a note of preparation. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- This preparation needs to be applied only once or twice. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- As soon as he had withdrawn the cloth and placed the dessert upon the table, he began to cough and place himself in an attitude of preparation. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He debarked his troops and apparently made every preparation to attack the enemy while the navy bombarded the main forts at Haines' Bluff. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The first contrast is with the idea that education is a process of preparation or getting ready. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Ill preparation for the coming day! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Education as Preparation. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Mrs. Shelby went up stairs, and Aunt Chloe, delighted, went out to her cabin, to make her preparation. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was never too good at getting about and he was conductor of a tram and that is not the best preparation for the hills. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Any one can now make this preparation equally as well as Warner. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Admiral Porter proceeded with the preparation of the steamers for their hazardous passage of the enemy's batteries. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Clean the surface of the article, as in the preceding preparation, and apply the mixture by rubbing on with a cork or piece of soft leather moistened with water and dipped in the powder. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- As yet the enemy had made no move, so Justinian had plenty of time to complete his defensive preparations. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- The preparations for my marriage are making, and I shall be married soon. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The strongest washing powder is soda, and this cheap form is as good as any of the more expensive preparations sold under fancy names. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- He had already locked up his safe, and made preparations for going home. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I must write to them at Oxford, to see that the preparations are made: they can be getting on with these till I arrive. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- After that exhibition we had a house-cleaning at the laboratory, and the metallic-filament lamps were stored away, while preparations were made for our experiments on carbon lamps. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thoroughly clean the article from all grease and dirt (see polishing preparations, page 12), and apply with a soft rag or brush and polish with a chamois skin. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Later in the evening Black Michael joined them long enough to instruct them to make their preparations for landing on the morrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Days were passed in parleys, visits, preparations. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- The old housekeeper and her son remain until the preparations are complete, and then she returns upstairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- My object was to drive Longstreet out of East Tennessee as a part of the preparations for my spring campaign. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- I had left her this evening, reposing after the fatigues of her preparations. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- On the occasion of this domestic little party, I did not repeat my former extensive preparations. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The preparations of new carriages and furniture might wait for London and spring, when her own taste could have fairer play. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- The preparations for the reception of visitors appeared to be completed. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
Editor: Randolph