preparation

Meanings

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
  • "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
• a substance prepared according to a formula
  • "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
• the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
  • "their preparation was more than adequate"
• (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"
• activity leading to skilled behavior
• preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
  • "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"

Synonyms

cookery, cooking, formulation, grooming, homework, planning, prep, preparedness, provision, readiness, readying, training