preparation

/,prepə'reiʃn/

Thân thiện

The chef is in the kitchen making final preparations for the dinner service.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • The action or process of making ready or being made ready for use or consideration: "Preparation" refers to the act of getting something ready in advance.
   • Something that is made or created by combining various ingredients: "Preparation" can also mean a substance, especially a medicine or food, that has been mixed or compounded.
   • Work done to get ready for a task, event, or study: In an educational context, "preparation" often means schoolwork, such as homework or study, done to prepare for lessons.

Usage

• General Use: The word "preparation" is used to describe the process or the state of being ready. It is a common, formal noun.
• Contexts: It is frequently used in contexts like event planning, cooking, scientific experiments, education, and military readiness.

Examples

• Process of Getting Ready:
  • Careful preparation is essential for a successful experiment.
  • The team began their preparation for the championship game months in advance.
• Substance Made by Mixing:
  • The pharmacist dispensed a special preparation for the skin rash.
  • This herbal preparation is used to aid digestion.
• Educational Work:
  • She does two hours of preparation every night for her classes.

Advanced Usage

• "In preparation for": getting ready for a future event.
  • The city is in preparation for the international summit.
• "Make preparations": to do the necessary planning and organizing.
  • We need to make preparations for their arrival.

Variants and Related Words

• Prepare (verb): To make something ready.
  • Please prepare the conference room for the meeting.
• Preparatory (adjective): Serving as a preparation; introductory.
  • He took a preparatory course before starting the degree program.
• Preparedness (noun): The state of being prepared or ready.
  • The drill tested the building's emergency preparedness.

Synonyms

• Arrangement: The action, process, or result of arranging or being arranged.
• Readiness: The state of being fully prepared for something.
• Planning: The process of making plans for something.

Antonyms

• Neglect: The state of being uncared for.
• Improvisation: The action of creating or performing something spontaneously without preparation.

Idioms and Phrases

• "Preparation is key": A saying emphasizing that being well-prepared is the most important factor for success.
  • For any important exam, remember that preparation is key.

Học thuật

Noun

1. 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
2. preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
3. activity leading to skilled behavior
4. (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
5. 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
6. 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
7. a substance prepared according to a formula
   • the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
8. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
   • preparations for the ceremony had begun

Từ đồng nghĩa

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