preparation
Syllables: prep·a·ra·tionUK/ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/
preparation noun: the act of preparing or getting ready.
Noun
preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations)
- The act of preparing or getting ready.
- I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.
- The state of being prepared; readiness.
- A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.
- The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.
- A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
- Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
- The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
- Devotional exercises introducing an office.
- The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.
preparation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
preparation in Hindi
- act of preparing
- तैयारी taiyārī
preparation in Tamil
- ஆயத்தம், தயாரிப்பு
preparation in Marathi
- preparation
- तयारी tayārī
preparation in Urdu
- act of preparing
- تیاری taiyārī
More languagesFewer languages
- preparation in Bengali
- এন্তেজাম entezam
- preparation in Telugu
- సన్నాహము sannāhamu, యత్నము yatnamu
- preparation in Malayalam
- ഒരുക്കം orukkaṁ, തുനിവ് tunivŭ, സന്നാഹം sannāhaṁ, പുറപ്പാട് puṟappāṭŭ
- preparation in Kannada
- ಜೊತೆ jote
- preparation in Punjabi
- ਤਿਆਰੀ tiārī
- preparation in Gujarati
- તૈયારી taiyārī
- preparation in Odia
- ପ୍ରସ୍ତୁତି
- preparation in Sanskrit
- संस्कृति sáṃskṛti, कॢप्ति kḷ́pti, अलंकरण alaṃkaraṇa, संस्कार saṃskāra
- preparation in Assamese
- যো zü
- preparation in Nepali
- तयारी tayārī, तर्जुमा tarjumā
- preparation in Tagalog
- paghahanda
- preparation in Arabic
- تَحْضِير taḥḍīr, إِعْدَاد ʔiʕdād, تَجْهِيز tajhīz, اِسْتِعْدَاد istiʕdād
- preparation in Malay
- penyediaan
- preparation in Indonesian
- persiapan
- preparation in Persian
- آمادگی âmâdegi, تدارک tadârok, تهیه tahiyye
- preparation in Vietnamese
- sự chuẩn bị
Examples of preparation in a sentence
- Politicians are on the campaign trail in preparation for this year's election.
- Bill and Ted had an excellent adventure last week in preparation for their history exam.
- The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.
Forms of preparation
| plural | preparations |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | præparation |
Origin of preparation
From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare + -ation.
Words formed from preparation
Phrases with preparation
Words that rhyme with preparation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
- attenuation
Questions about preparation
- What does preparation mean?
- Preparation means the act of preparing or getting ready.
- What is preparation in Hindi?
- Preparation in Hindi is तैयारी (taiyārī). See Preparation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is preparation?
- Preparation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce preparation?
- Preparation is pronounced /ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ (UK).
- What is the plural of preparation?
- The plural of preparation is preparations.
Words near preparation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: preparation (page history and authors); preparation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); तयारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); యత్నము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഏൽ (Malayalam) (page history and authors); ಜೊತೆ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਤਿਆਰੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); તૈયારી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); preparation (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); अलंकरण (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); যো (Assamese) (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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