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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024prep•a•ra•tion /ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən/USA pronunciation n. - an act or step by which one prepares for something:[countable]last-minute preparations for their journey.
- any activity or experience providing a way of preparing for the future:[uncountable]the lack of preparation students bring to their freshman writing class.
- something prepared:[countable]She applied a soothing preparation to the burns.
See -pare-1. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024prep•a•ra•tion (prep′ə rā′shən),USA pronunciation n. - a proceeding, measure, or provision by which one prepares for something:preparations for a journey.
- any proceeding, experience, or the like considered as a mode of preparing for the future.
- an act of preparing.
- the state of being prepared.
- something prepared, manufactured, or compounded:a special preparation for sunbathers.
- Surgerya specimen, as an animal body, prepared for scientific examination, dissection, etc.
- Music and Dance
- the preparing of a dissonance, by introducing the dissonant tone as a consonant tone in the preceding chord.
- the tone so introduced.
- Bible, Religion[New Testament.]the day before the Sabbath or a feast day.
- British Termswork done by students in preparation for class;
homework. - Religion the Preparation, the introductory prayers of the Mass or other divine service.
- Latin praeparātiōn- (stem of praeparātiō), a preparing, equivalent. to praeparāt(us) (past participle of praeparāre to prepare) + -iōn- -ion
- Middle English preparacion 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: preparation /ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən/ n - the act or process of preparing
- the state of being prepared; readiness
- (often plural) a measure done in order to prepare for something; provision: to make preparations for something
- something that is prepared, esp a medicinal formulation
- (esp in a boarding school) homework
- the period reserved for this
Usually shortened to: prep - the anticipation of a dissonance so that the note producing it in one chord is first heard in the preceding chord as a consonance
- a note so employed
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