• 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
• the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "Preparations for the ceremony had begun"
• 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"
• (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 disonance"
• 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"
• a substance prepared according to a formula

'Preparation' in other languages