preparation
Pronunciation: /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
The English word “preparation” has 8 meanings listed here.
noun
- The act of preparing or getting ready.
- The state of being prepared; readiness.
- A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
- A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
- Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
- The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
- Devotional exercises introducing an office.
- The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
Etymology
From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare + -ation.
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