preparation

Meaning

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

Synonyms

arrangement

provision

readiness

preparing

training

formulation

prepare

preparedness

making

cookery

readying

reserve

prep

disposition

grooming

cooking

preparations

preparatory

arrangements

equipment

product

execution

establishment

medicine

💊

planning

rehearsal

drug

💊

commencement

ready

provisions

anticipation

procurement

thoughtfulness

preparative

preliminaries

homework

plan

precaution

underplot

Friday

foreshadowing

exercise

confection

background

exemplar

concoction

package

📦

ornament

ordering

example

Translations

préparation

Vorbereitung

preparación

preparação

voorbereiding

preparazione

toebereiding

bereiding

voorbereidsel

Bereitung

Präparat

ετοιμασία

προπαρασκευή

Vorsorge

preparació

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: preparacion

In summary

From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare + -ation.