Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
preparation
- (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
- (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
- (countable) That which is prepared.
- A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
- The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
- (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
- (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
- A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
- (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
- Devotional exercises introducing an office.
- (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
- French: préparation
- German: Vorbereitung
- Italian: preparazione
- Portuguese: preparação
- Russian: подгото́вка
- Spanish: preparación
- French: préparation
- Italian: preparazione
- Portuguese: preparação
- Spanish: preparación
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