preparation
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- n the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
preparations for the ceremony had begun - n a substance prepared according to a formula
the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine - n the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
- n the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
their preparation was more than adequate - n (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 - n activity leading to skilled behavior
- n preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
- n the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
he left the preparation of meals to his wife
- This summer, after 25 years of preparation, scientists at CERN, the world's largest particle physics laboratory, will try to re-create the conditions produced by the Big Bang.
- South Korean special warfare soldiers participate in a sea infiltration drill in preparation for possible threats from North Korea at a beach in Taean.
- Depriving the human mind of all sensation is the best preparation for brainwashing.