preparation

Noun

• the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
  • cooking can be a great art
    
  • people are needed who have experience in cookery
    
  • he left the preparation of meals to his wife
    

• preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

• activity leading to skilled behavior

• (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord
  • the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance
    

• the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
  • putting them in readiness
    
  • their preparation was more than adequate
    

• 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
    

• a substance prepared according to a formula
  • the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
    

• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
  • preparations for the ceremony had begun
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  cooking , cookery , homework , prep , training , grooming , readiness , preparedness , planning , provision , formulation , readying