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præparation

præparation is the obsolete spelling of preparation.

Meaning of preparation

Noun

preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations)

  1. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
    • I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.
  2. (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
  3. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
    • The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
  4. A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
  5. Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
  6. (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.

See all 8 meanings of preparation

Forms of præparation

pluralpræparations

Questions about præparation

What is præparation the obsolete spelling of?
Præparation is the obsolete spelling of preparation.

Words near præparation in the dictionary

  1. præmunires
  2. præmunitory
  3. prænomen
  4. prænominal
  5. præoccupate
  6. præparation
  7. præparations
  8. præpare
  9. præpared
  10. præpares
  11. præparing

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Adapted from Wiktionary: præparation (page history and authors); preparation (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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