prep|a|ra|tion

prep|a|ra|tion
prep|a|ra|tion «PREHP uh RAY shuhn», noun.
1. the act of preparing; making ready: »

He sharpened his knife in preparation for carving the meat.

2. the state of being prepared.
3. a thing done to get ready: »

He made thorough preparations for his trip by carefully planning which way to go.

4. a medicine, food, or mixture of any kind made by a special process: »

The preparation for his cough included camphor.

5. an animal body or part of one prepared for dissection, or preserved for examination.
6. Music. a) the leading up to a discord by sounding the dissonant tone in it as a consonant tone in the preceding chord. b) the consonance which becomes dissonance (usually the suspension) in the next chord.
╂[< Old French preparacion, learned borrowing from Latin praeparātiō; -ōnis < praeparāre; see etym. under prepare (Cf. ↑prepare)]

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  • prep|o|si|tion|al — «PREHP uh ZIHSH uh nuhl», adjective. 1. having to do with a preposition. 2. having the nature or function of a preposition. 3. made up of a preposition and its object: »a prepositional phrase. –prep´o|si´tion|al|ly, adverb …   Useful english dictionary

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  • self-prep|a|ra|tion — «SEHLF PREHP uh RAY shuhn», noun. preparation of or by oneself …   Useful english dictionary

  • prep·o·si·tion·al phrase — /ˌprɛpəˈzıʃənl̩ / noun, pl ⋯ phrases [count] grammar : a phrase that begins with a preposition and ends in a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase In “He is from Russia,” “from Russia” is a prepositional phrase …   Useful english dictionary

  • prep — prep·a·rate; prep·a·ra·tion; prep·a·ra·tion·ist; prep·o·si·tion; prep·o·si·tion·al; prep; prep·py; prep·o·si·tion·al·ly; prep·pi·ly; prep·pi·ness; …   English syllables

  • tion — ab·bre·vi·a·tion; ab·di·ca·tion; ab·duc·tion; ab·er·ra·tion; ab·er·ra·tion·al; ab·jec·tion; ab·junc·tion; ab·ju·ra·tion; ab·lac·ta·tion; ab·la·tion; ab·lu·tion; ab·mi·gra·tion; ab·ne·ga·tion; ab·o·li·tion; ab·o·li·tion·ary; ab·o·li·tion·dom;… …   English syllables

  • preparation — prep·a·ra·tion …   English syllables

  • preposition — prep·o·si·tion …   English syllables

  • prepositional — prep·o·si·tion·al …   English syllables

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