Arraying and Preparation

noun

• The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose.
  • usage: "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
  • synonyms: readying
• A substance prepared according to a formula.
  • usage: "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
  • synonyms: formulation
• The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening.
  • usage: "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
  • synonyms: planning, provision
• The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action. )
  • usage: "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"
  • synonyms: readiness, preparedness
• Music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord. (
  • usage: "the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance"
• Activity leading to skilled behavior.
  • synonyms: training, grooming
• Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home.
  • synonyms: homework, prep
• The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.
  • usage: "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
  • synonyms: cooking, cookery

• (n.) Accomplishment; qualification.
• (n.) The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) That which makes ready, prepares the way or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.
• (n.) 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.
• (n.) An army or fleet.