01 n. The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a maki…
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The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.
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The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.
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That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.“I will show what preparations there were in nature for this dissolution.” — T. Burnet.
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That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery.“I wish the chemists had been more sparing who magnify their preparations.” — Sir T. Browne.“In the preparations of cookery, the most volatile parts of vegetables are destroyed.” — Arbuthnot.
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An army or fleet.[Obs.]
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The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.(Mus.) See: Suspension
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Accomplishment; qualification.[Obs.]