Synonym: cookery, cooking, formulation, grooming, homework, planning, prep, preparedness, provision, readiness, readying, training. Similar words: reparation, separation, preparatory, prepare, exhilaration, prepared, representation, irreparably. Meaning: [‚prepə'reɪʃn] 
n. 1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose 2. a substance prepared according to a formula 3. the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening 4. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) 5. (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord 6. activity leading to skilled behavior 7. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) 8. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
n. 1. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose 2. a substance prepared according to a formula 3. the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening 4. the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) 5. (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord 6. activity leading to skilled behavior 7. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) 8. the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat. 
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(91) On the other hand, a broader education may provide a better preparation for some jobs and certain kinds of research.
(92) I had recently begun catechism classes in preparation for my first communion.
(93) Jimmy Carter's limited experience in politics had not given him adequate preparation for the demands of the White House.
(94) All would keep strict hours, their duties consisting solely in the preparation and delivery of their lessons.
(95) Careful searching of the literature is an absolute necessity in the preparation of any study and solution to problems.
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(96) Some advance party with orders in preparation for Isambard's reception.
(97) By the March meeting, negotiators will have assessed new cargo preparation costs and additional experiment preparation expenses.
(98) His next visit was to the section inside Century House whose speciality is the preparation of very untrue identity cards.
(99) The post-graduate course in restorative art was in an advanced state of preparation.
(100) It is open, voluntary, not embarked upon lightly or without adequate preparation.
(101) Throughout the preparation days you will be establishing a baseline record of your eating and exercise behaviour as it normally occurs.
(102) Furthermore, preparation of students to work as church musicians without regard to their religious convictions can lead to confusion or insincerity.
(103) The board needs little preparation since once the skeg is attached only the daggerboard has to be slid into its case.
(104) The book discusses the process from the initial preparation and consultation with the client to the mediation itself.
(105) History is a priceless preparation for citizenship, work, and leisure.
(106) This requires care and patience in the preparation, performance, and marking of the tests but it can be most rewarding.
(107) In preparation for his job at Commerce, Huang received an interim security clearance while he was still working at Lippo.
(108) To design something usually implies careful thought, preparation, organization, and coherence.
(109) These courses are recognised as preparation for professional registration and students can choose either general nursing or mental health nursing.
(110) Opportunity is useless or worthless without ability, preparation and action. Dr T.P.Chia 
(111) In most cases, I firmly believe that the easiest preparation that gives a good result is the best.
(112) Here, an allergy to chloroform was successfully treated using a homoeopathic preparation of chloroform.
(113) A week or two spent in preparation is really a comparatively short time to plan the necessary changes.
(114) Preparation time is a vital consideration in planning to use the software as well as in actually using it.
(115) With no preparation, he blasted his way around the monster 7,289-yard course in a superb 69.
(116) Each preparation is a blend of fruit, flower, herb or plant extracts.
(117) The delegation looked at a range of hotel operations including food preparation, customer care programmes, sales and marketing and budgeting.
(118) A venture like that needs just as much planning, evaluation, preparation and practice as the international championship.
(119) The preparation of a budget provides a measure against which actual performance can be monitored.
(120) Private rituals of artistic work, including setting aside time and space to work, preparation of materials, procedure for work.
More similar words: reparation, separation, preparatory, prepare, exhilaration, prepared, representation, irreparably, separate, separate from, ratification, gratification, oration, trepidation, repudiation, duration, operation, rational, adoration, migration, admiration, aberration, AND operation, aspiration, irrational, deprecation, inspiration, celebration, frustration, exasperation.