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say it: prep-ur-AY-shuhn
preparation is a noun meaning "the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose". It carries 8 recorded senses.
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
“his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties”
the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
“putting them in readiness”
“their preparation was more than adequate”
military
(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”
music
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
“cooking can be a great art”
“people are needed who have experience in cookery”
“he left the preparation of meals to his wife”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for preparation come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.