preparations

plural of preparation

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
(uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
(countable, uncountable) That which is prepared.
(countable, uncountable) That which is prepared.
(countable, uncountable) That which is prepared.
(Judaism, countable, uncountable) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
(countable, uncountable) Devotional exercises introducing an office.
(countable, uncountable) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.