Preparation

Definition: Preparation

Preparation

Noun

1. The activity of preparing.

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; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties".

4. Activity leading to skilled behavior.

5. Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "preparation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Chemical Industry

Food & Agriculture

Medicine

Mining

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Preparation

Arrangement

Noun: arrangement; plan; preparation; disposal, disposition; collocation, allocation; distribution; sorting; Verb: assortment, allotment, apportionment, taxis, taxonomy, syntaxis, graduation, organization; grouping; tabulation.

Care

Alertness; (activity); attention; prudence; circumspection; (caution); anxiety; forethought; precaution; (preparation); tidiness; (order), (cleanliness); accuracy; (exactness); minuteness, attention to detail.

Foresight

Noun: foresight, prospicience, prevision, long-sightedness; anticipation; providence; (preparation).

Nonpreparation

Verb: be unprepared; Adjective:; want preparation, lack preparation; lie fallow; s'embarquer sans biscuits; live from hand to mouth.

Noun: non-preparation, absence of preparation, want of preparation; inculture, inconcoction, improvidence.

Adjective: unprepared; without preparation; incomplete; rudimental, embryonic, abortive; immature, unripe, kachcha, raw, green, crude; coarse; rough cast, rough hewn; in the rough; unhewn, unformed, unfashioned, unwrought, unlabored, unblown, uncooked, unboiled, unconcocted, unpolished.

Plan

Adjective: planned; Verb: strategic, strategical; planning; Verb: prepared, in course of preparation; under consideration; on the tapis, on the carpet, on the floor.

Precursor

Prelude, preamble, preface, prologue, foreword, avant-propos, protasis, proemium, prolusion, proem, prolepsis, prolegomena, prefix, introduction; heading, frontispiece, groundwork; preparation; overture, exordium, symphony; premises.

Preparation

Verb: prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation. set in order, put in order; (arrange); forecast; (plan) prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil; predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone; (begin).

Preconcertation, predisposition; forecast; (plan); rehearsal, note of preparation.

Noun: preparation; providing; Verb: provision, providence; anticipation; (foresight); precaution,

Adverb: in preparation, in anticipation of; against, for; abroach.

Adjective: preparing; Verb: in preparation, in course of preparation, in agitation, in embryo, in hand, in train; afoot, afloat; on foot, on the stocks, on the anvil; under consideration; (plan); brewing, batching, forthcoming, brooding; in store for, in reserve.

Safety

Refuge; anchor; precaution; (preparation); quarantine, cordon sanitaire. confidence.

Teaching

Qualification, preparation; training, schooling; Verb: discipline; excitation.

Crosswords: Preparation

We've got the biggest damn lawsuit against this church for sending a bunch of minors out into the butt-freakin' amazon with absolutely no preparation for a disaster of this magnitude. (Walkabout; writing credit: Martin David)

I use Honeysuckle Mouthwash, that kissable preparation. (Smartest Girl in Town; writing credit: Muriel Scheck; H.S. Kraft)

I get no pleasure out of the prospect or the preparation. I'm covered in hives, I've showered four times, and for what? (Gilmore Girls; writing credit: Povl Erik Carstensen; Sebastian Dorset)

Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation. (references; author: unknown)

The definition of luck is when opportunity meets preparation. (references; author: unknown)

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References

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Agricultural and Horticultural Machinery for Soil Preparation in Europe (reference)

• The 2002 World Market Forecasts for Imported Agricultural and Horticultural Machinery for Soil Preparation (reference)

• The 2000-2005 Outlook for Small Kitchen Appliances for Food Preparation in Asia (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Agricultural and Horticultural Machinery for Soil Preparation Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Small Kitchen Appliances for Food Preparation (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• Preparation Guide for the Ase Advanced Engine Performance Test (L1) (reference)

• Quality Assurance of Aseptic Preparation Services (reference)

• NYSTCE: Complete Preparation for the LAST and ATS-W (reference)

• How to Audition for the Musical Theatre: A Step-By-Step Guide to Effective Preparation (Career Development Book) (reference)

• Prentice Hall ASE Test Preparation Series: Engine Repair (A1) (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Effective Survey Preparation Workbook & Guide (reference)

• Food : A Handbook Of Terminology Purchasing And Preparation (reference)

• Todays Christian Teen College Preparation Guide (reference)

• Best Test Preparation For The Mcat (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Ed Yourdon's Year 2000 Home Preparation Guide (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Scriabin: Preparation for the Final Mystery (reference)

• Imagery and Meditations for Labor and Birth Preparation (reference)

• Preparation (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

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A female patient is lying on a bed with a technician positioning the patient's head in preparation for radiotherapy. This photograph was used in the NCI publication "When Someone in Your Family Has Cancer". Credit: Michael Anderson (photographer).

Shown is a lab technician filling wells with a liquid for a research test. This researcher is involved in preparation of cultures in which hybrids are grown in large quantities to produce a desired antibody. This is effected by fusing myeloma cell and mouse b-lymphocyte to form hybrid cell (hybridoma). Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

Skin touch preparation showing Leishmania tropica amastigotes. Intact macrophage is practically filled with amastigotes, several of which have a clearly visible nucleus and kinetoplast (arrows). Parasite. Credit: CDC.

Treponema pallidum, darkfield preparation. Syphilis. Credit: CDC.

Astronaut James A. McDivitt Suited in Preparation for Training Tests. Credit: NASA.

Launch Preparation. Credit: NASA.

Hubble telescope pictures of Mars, taken June 27, 1997 in preparation for the July 4 landing ... Credit: NASA.

Hoisting used nets for maintenance and preparation for another cruise. Credit: Fisheries.

Preparation of set-lines for fortuna, shark, etc. on the F/V FORTUNA. Credit: Fisheries.

A diver moves a loose fragment of Elkhorn coral, Acropora palmatta, in preparation to reattach the fragment. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The maintenance or formation of forces differently grouped or of other organisations for the command of troops or for preparation for war is forbidden. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

One beta blocker is an eye drop preparation used to treat glaucoma. (references)

The preparation of raw pork intestines (chitterlings) may be particularly risky. (references)

In most cases, the entire examination, including preparation, will take about 15 to 20 minutes. (references)

Business

A charging schedule is under preparation. (references)

Since 1993, preparation of a new telecommunications law has been underway. (references)

However, new regulatory documents dedicated to telecom licensing are under preparation. (references)

Children

Hungary

The Criminal Code provides for serious sanctions against the neglect and endangerment of minors, assault, and preparation of child pornography. (references)

Civil Liberties

India

It also is common for police to block entry and exit points in preparation for gathering young males for police lineups. (references)

Congo

Despite governmental restrictions, political parties became more active during the year in preparation for the ICD. (references)

Economic History

Haiti

As with the investment code, a revised tax code was under preparation that would have aligned the corporate and personal tax laws, and would have readjusted the tax brackets which were set in 1987. This revised tax code may be introduced to a reconstituted parliament. (references)

Haiti

Access to credit is restricted by the difficulty in assessing client risk and the lack of legal remedies for lenders in the event of default, although there is legislation under preparation to facilitate liens on moveable property. (references)

Indonesia

Industrial chemicals are generally regarded as intermediate substances and materials vital to the industrial preparation of finished products of all types. (references)

Human Rights

Egypt

Aboul Wafa, who was arrested in October 2000 on suspicion of possession of illegal drugs, had been transferred to the police station from Wadi Natroun prison in preparation for his court-ordered release. (references)

Guatemala

Upon the expiration of the MINUGUA's mandate, which is scheduled for 2003, the Human Rights Ombudsman's Office is to take over the human rights verification function, but there was little preparation for the transfer of that responsibility by either party. (references)

Lithuania

A new Criminal Code was scheduled to enter into force simultaneously with a Code of Criminal Procedure, which remained under preparation at year's end. (references)

Minorities

Bhutan

In late December 2000, the two countries agreed upon a system to verify the nationality of Bhutanese refugees in Nepal in preparation for their return to the country. (references)

Russia

On November 2, in response to the attacks; President Putin tasked Justice Minister Yuriy Chayka with working faster on the preparation of antiextremist draft legislation that his ministry has long been preparing; by year's end, the ministry reportedly had completed its work on the draft legislation. (references)

Macedonia

Due to the high number of displaced persons and refugees and a lack of preparation, ethnic-Macedonian and ethnic-Albanian leaders agreed to postpone a new national census--originally scheduled for October--until April 2002. All citizens are equal under the law, and the Constitution provides for enhanced protection of the ethnic, cultural, linguistic, and religious identity of minorities, including state support for education in minority languages through secondary school. (references)

Political Economy

Marshall Islands

Coconut oil and copra exports, a small amount of tourism, import and income taxes, an open ship registry, a tuna preparation plant (locally referred to as tuna loining), ship chandelling, and fishing licensing fees generate limited revenues. (references)

JAMAICA

In September 2000 the Government signed a memorandum of understanding with the ILO in preparation to ratify ILO Convention 182 on the prohibition and elimination of the "worst forms" of child labor. (references)

AUSTRIA

Labeling requirements: Information is required for most, and all wrapped, foodstuffs identifying the composition of the product, the manufacturer, methods of storage and preparation, and the quantity. (references)

Political Rights

United Arab Emirates

At the same time, she emphasized her view that the eventual appointment of women to the FNC and other government positions would be "a responsibility rather than an honor," requiring careful prior preparation. (references)

United Arab Emirates

In a number of press interviews, Shaikha Fatima has claimed that women participate in the preparation of legislation dealing with social issues through recommendations made by the Women's Federation, and that women are only "steps away" from full political participation. (references)

Tanzania

In Zanzibar there were credible reports of irregularities during the voter registration process conducted in preparation for the 2000 elections. (references)

Trade

Philippines

Private investors often use TDA's funds, which are in the form of grants, to assist in the preparation of studies required by the various project financing institutions. (references)

Philippines

Category I includes: bakery & bakery related products; non-alcoholic beverages & beverage mixes; candies & confectionery products; cocoa & cocoa related products; coffee, tea & non-dairy creamer; condiments, sauces & seasonings; culinary products; gelatin, dessert preparation & mixes; dairy products; dressings & spreads; flour/flour mixes & starch; fish & other marine products; fruits, vegetable & edible fungi (prepared); meat and poultry products (prepared); noodles, pastas & pastry wrapper; nut & nut products; native delicacies; oils, fats & shortening; snack foods & breakfast cereals and; sugar & other related products. (references)

Brazil

Several hundred additional standards are at different stages of preparation or in the work plan with many in the electrical safety area. (references)

Travel

Ghana

Several business centers in the major cities provide communication and document preparation services at a nominal fee. (references)

Ecuador

All types of food are readily available, but proper preparation is essential. (references)

Uk

The standard of food preparation is high, and it is generally safe to eat in restaurants anywhere. (references)

Worker Rights

Kyrgyz Republic

During the summer, children work during the tobacco harvest and are involved in all steps of production from the actual picking of the leaves to the preparation for shipping. (references)

Portugal

Trade union associations have the right to participate in the preparation of labor legislation. (references)

Hungary

Under the law, even preparation for the trafficking of persons is a criminal offense. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Preparation of heat

Expressions using "preparation": artillery preparation ♦ data preparation ♦ Dental Cavity Preparation ♦ fire a preparation ♦ firing preparation ♦ general preparation ♦ Histocytological Preparation Techniques ♦ in good preparation for ♦ in preparation ♦ in preparation for ♦ instructions for the preparation of papers ♦ lack of preparation ♦ lack preparation ♦ meat preparation ♦ nato preparation time ♦ note of preparation ♦ pharmaceutical preparation ♦ preparation command ♦ preparation date ♦ preparation fire ♦ Preparation H ♦ preparation time ♦ reading without preparation ♦ Root Canal Preparation ♦ slimming preparation ♦ Tooth Preparation ♦ work preparation centre. Additional references.

Beginning with "preparation": preparation-for-retirement.

Ending with "preparation": copy-preparation, life-preparation, over-preparation, player-preparation, pre-preparation, site-preparation, soil-preparation, teacher-preparation, vegetable-preparation.

Containing "preparation": childbirth-preparation class.

Afrikaans

bereiding. (various references)

Albanian

preparat, përgatitje (arrangement, preparative, provision, training), përgatesë, gatitje, detyra shkollore (prep). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تنظيم (adjustment, arrangement, arranging, arraying, disposal, disposition, ordering, organization, organizing, planning, regulation, systematization), ‏تحضير (making ready, production), ‏تجهيز (accommodation, equipment, outfit), ‏الإعداد, ‏إستعداد (aptitude, arrangement, fittings, forthcoming, predisposition, preparedness, readiness, ready, willingness), ‏إعداد (arranger, concoction, elaboration, enrollment, planning, preamble, primer). (various references)

Bulgarian 

препарат, приготовления (arrangements, dispositions), подработка (priming), подготвяне (instruction, preparing, training), подготовка на уроци, подготовка на занимания, подготовка (equipment, lead up, prelude, preparative, run up, schooling, set out, training). (various references)

Chinese 

製劑 , � �備 (preparatory, to make ready, to prepare), 準備 (prepare), 准备 (PREP, Preparatory, Prepare, Prepared, Preparedness, Preparing, readiness, readying, warm-up). (various references)

Czech

preparát (Mount), přípravek (mix), příprava (preliminary). (various references)

Danish

tillavning, tilberedelse. (various references)

Dutch

voorbereiding (conditioning), voorbereidsel, preparaat, Bereiding (season). (various references)

Esperanto

preparo, preparado. (various references)

Farsi 

پستایش , تهیه مقدمات , تهیه (Procurement, Provision, Purvey), تدارک (Provision, Purvey), اماده سازی , امادگی (Lurch, Penchant, Readiness), امادش , اقدام مقدماتی . (various references)

Finnish

preparaatti (specimen), valmistus (completion, finishing, manufacture), valmiste (make, manufacture), laadinta (compilation, drawing up), hanke (design, intent, intention, plan, project, undertaking). (various references)

French

préparation (prep). (various references)

German

Vorbereitung (prearrangement, preliminary, preparedness, scheduling), Aufbereitung (adaptation, dressing, editing, processing, purification, working up), Zubereitung (dressing, making, making up, method, mixing), Vorbehandlung (pretreatment), präparat (compound, dissection, prepatation). (various references)

Greek 

προετοιμασία (conditioning, prep, preparatory), παρασκευή. (various references)

Hebrew 

�"כ� �" (concoction, making, readiness). (various references)

Hungarian

felkészítés, felkészülés (provision), előkészület. (various references)

Indonesian

persiapan (preliminary), pengolahan (cultivation, manufacture, processing), ancang-ancang (the distance). (various references)

Italian

preparazione (preparedness, preparing). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

伏線 (foreshadowing, precautionary measures, underplot). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ふくせ�" (double track, foreshadowing, precautionary measures, underplot), ちょうせい (adjustment, death, execution, government by the imperial court, lengthy military expedition, longevity, manufacture, passing, regulation, the Long March, tonal mark, town administration, town organization, tuning), ちょうし�" (a courtier, auscultation, favored retainer, high stature, listening to a person's chest with a stethoscope, longhand, procurement, supplying, tall figure), ととのえ (arrangement, execution), みじたく (dress, dressing or outfitting oneself, getup, outfit, turnout), じゅ�"び (arrangements, exquisite, provision, reserve, truly beautiful), ようい (easy, hip measurement, mysterious occurrence, plain, simple), よび (preliminaries, reserve, spare), もうけ (earnings, establishment, profit, provision), �"�"ろづもり (anticipation), ちょう�"うざい (mixture), ふせき (strategic arrangement of go stones), おぜ�"� て (setting the table), しらべ (inspection, investigation), し�"み (stocking up, training), し�"しらえ, そなえ (guarding, offering, provision), したく (arrangements, preparations, private residence or home), したて (dressmaking, humble position, left part of the stage, lower direction, lower part, making, sewing, tailoring, the foot), した�'い�" (rehearsal), した�"しらえ (preliminary arrangements, spadework), したしらべ (preliminary investigation), プレパラート , �"�"ろぐみ (anticipation). (various references)

Korean 

준비 (PREP, Preparative, Preparatory, Preparedness, Preparing, readying). (various references)

Malagasy

omana. (various references)

Manx

kiartaghey (accommodate, accommodate arrange, adjust, adjusting, amend, correct, correct as mistake, correction, even out, fix, make, modification, modify, prepare, qualify, ready, rectification, redress, setting, settle, settling, true), aarlooid (preparedness, readiness, ready), aarlagh (preparatory). (various references)

Papiamen

preparashon. (various references)

Pig Latin

eparationpray

Portuguese

preparação (benefication, brewing, confection, inurement, lead up, prep, provision), preparo (lead up, prepare, trim). (various references)

Romanian

preparat (concoction), preparare (seasoning), preparaţie, pregãtire (efficiency, fix up, grounding, priming, provision, savvy, training). (various references)

Russian 

обогащение (benefication, enrichment, treatment), лекарство (cure, decongestant, drug, medicament, medicine, physic, remedy), подготовка (arraying, background, lead up, preconditioning, prepping), подготавливание. (various references)

Scottish

ullachadh (preparing, provision), � ird (condition, height or promontory, order, point, state). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

priprema (prearrangement), preparat, preparacija. (various references)

Spanish

preparación (concoction, dressing, making, preparedness, readiness, ready, training), preparado (concoct, dispensed, drafted, extract, laid, prepared, ready, ready-for-service, trained). (various references)

Swedish

förberedelse (arrangements, disposition, preliminary, provision), preparat. (various references)

Turkish

hazırlanma, hazırlanan ilâç, hazırlama (arranging, making ready, working out), hazırlık yapma, hazırlık (arrangement, preparative, preparatory, Providence, provision, stand by), giriş müziği (entrée, overture, prelude), basur ilacı, akort yapma. (various references)

Turkmen 

preparat (r). (various references)

Ukrainian

готовність (alacrity, forwardness, preparedness, promptitude, readiness, willingness), збагачення (cleaning, concentration, enrichment, fortification, washing), ліки (cure, drug, medicament, pharmacy, physic, remedy), підготовка (background, preparative, training), препарування (dissection), препарат, приготування (arrangements, preliminary, ready). (various references)

Vietnamese 

thuốc pha chế (concoction), thức ăn được dọn, sự soạn (redaction), sự sửa soạn, sự l� m (making, performance), sự dọn, sự chuẩn bị (disposition), chất pha chế, các thứ sắm sửa, các thứ dự bị sự soạn b� i, các thứ chuẩn bị. (various references)

Welsh

paratoad, darpariaeth (provision), darpar (elect, intended, provision), arlwy (feast, provision). (various references)

apparatus, conparatio, conparatione, conparationibus, meditatio, paratus, praeparatio, praeparatione, praeparationem, praeparationes, praeparationis. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations

Words beginning with "preparation": preparations. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Preparation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: perpration, praeparatio, preparetion, prepartion, prepatation, preperation, preporation, prepration, privatation, proporation. (additional references)