preparation

preparation

See also: préparation

English

Alternative forms

• præparation (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem.Morphologically prepare +‎ -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃən/
• Hyphenation: prep‧a‧ra‧tion

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations)

1. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

   I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.

2. (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
3. (countable) That which is prepared.
   1. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

      The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.

   2. (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
   3. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
4. (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
5. Devotional exercises introducing an office.
6. (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Derived terms

• biopreparation
• cryopreparation
• cytopreparation
• impreparation
• maxipreparation
• minipreparation
• nanopreparation
• nonpreparation
• overpreparation
• phytopreparation
• preparational
• preparationism
• preparationist
• preparation room
• repreparation
• underpreparation
• unpreparation

 

Related terms

• prepare

Translations

act of preparing

Arabic: تَحْضِير‎ m (taḥḍīr), إِعْدَاد‎ m (ʾiʿdād), تَجْهِيز‎ m (tajhīz), اِسْتِعْدَاد‎ m (istiʿdād) Armenian: պատրաստում (hy) (patrastum), պատրաստություն (hy) (patrastutʿyun) Azerbaijani: hazırlıq (az) Belarusian: падгато́ўка f (padhatóŭka), падгатава́нне n (padhatavánnje) Bengali: এন্তেজাম (bn) (entezam) Bulgarian: подгото́вка (bg) f (podgotóvka), приготовле́ния (bg) n pl (prigotovlénija) Chinese: Mandarin: 準備／准备 (zh) (zhǔnbèi) Czech: příprava (cs) f Danish: forberedelse c, præparation c, tilberedning c Dutch: voorbereiding (nl) f Esperanto: pretigo Estonian: ettevalmistus Finnish: valmistelu (fi), valmistautuminen; esikäsittely; preparointi French: préparation (fr) f Galician: preparación (gl) f Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Vorbereitung (de) f Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌹𐌸𐌰 f (manwiþa), 𐌼𐌿𐌽𐍃 m (muns) Greek: παρασκευή (el) f (paraskeví) Ancient: παρασκευή f (paraskeuḗ), σκευασία f (skeuasía) Haitian Creole: preparasyon Hebrew: הֲכָנָה‎ f (hakhaná) Hindi: तैयारी (hi) f (taiyārī) Hungarian: előkészítés (hu) Interlingua: preparation Irish: inleadh m, réamhtheacht f, ullmhú m, oirchill f Italian: preparazione (it) f Japanese: 準備 (ja) (じゅんび, junbi), 支度 (ja) (したく, shitaku) Khmer: ការរៀបចំ (kaariəpcɑm) Korean: 준비(準備) (ko) (junbi) Lao: please add this translation if you can Macedonian: подготовка f (podgotovka), приготвување n (prigotvuvanje) Malay: penyediaan Maori: whakariteritenga Middle English: forgreithing Nepali: तयारी (tayārī), तर्जुमा (tarjumā) Norwegian: Bokmål: forarbeid n, forberedelse (no) m, tilberedning m or f Nynorsk: forarbeid n, førearbeid n Old English: ġearwung f Persian: آمادگی‎ (fa) (âmâdegi), تدارک‎ (fa) (tadârok), تهیه‎ (fa) (tahiyye) Polish: przygotowanie (pl) n Portuguese: preparação (pt) f Romanian: preparare (ro) f, pregătire (ro) f Russian: подгото́вка (ru) f (podgotóvka), приготовле́ние (ru) n (prigotovlénije) Scottish Gaelic: deasachadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: при̏права f, при̏према f Roman: prȉprava (sh) f, prȉprema (sh) f Slovak: príprava (sk) f Slovene: priprava f Spanish: preparación (es) f Swahili: tayari (sw), mapema (sw), utayarishi (sw) Swedish: förberedelse (sv) c Tajik: омодагӣ (omodagī), тайёр (tg) (tayyor) Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: hazırlık (tr) Ukrainian: підгото́вка f (pidhotóvka), підготува́ння n (pidhotuvánnja), підгото́влення n (pidhotóvlennja), готува́ння n (hotuvánnja), підготовля́ння n (pidhotovljánnja) Urdu: تیاری‎ f (taiyārī) Uzbek: tayyorgarlik (uz) Vietnamese: sự chuẩn bị (vi)

that which is prepared

French: préparation (fr) f, concoction (fr) f

substance

Belarusian: прэпара́т m (preparát) Bulgarian: препара́т m (preparát) Chinese: Mandarin: 配製品／配制品 (pèizhìpǐn), 藥劑／药剂 (zh) (yàojì) Czech: preparát m Danish: præparat n Dutch: preparaat (nl) n Finnish: valmiste (fi); preparaatti (fi) French: préparation (fr) f Georgian: პრეპარატი (ṗreṗaraṭi) German: Präparat (de) n Italian: preparazione (it) f Kazakh: препарат (preparat) Polish: preparat (pl) m Portuguese: preparação (pt) f Romanian: preparat (ro) n Russian: препара́т (ru) m (preparát) Spanish: preparación (es) f Ukrainian: препара́т m (preparát)

music: object placed between strings of a piano

Finnish: esine (fi)

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Catalan: (please verify) preparació (ca) f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: (please verify) при̏према f Roman: (please verify) prȉprema (sh) f, (please verify) prisprema

Anagrams

• paraprotein

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Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɾe.pa.ɾaˈtsjon/

Noun

preparation (plural preparationes)

1. preparation