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We found 37 dictionaries with English definitions that include the word preparation: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "preparation" is defined. General (29 matching dictionaries) preparation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info] preparation: Collins English Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Vocabulary.com [home, info] preparation: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary, 11th Edition [home, info] Preparation, preparation: Wordnik [home, info] preparation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info] Preparation: Wiktionary [home, info] preparation: Compact Oxford English Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info] preparation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info] preparation: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info] preparation, the preparation: Dictionary.com [home, info] preparation: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info] preparation: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info] Preparation (dental), Preparation (physics), Preparation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info] Preparation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info] preparation: Rhymezone [home, info] preparation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Free Dictionary [home, info] preparation: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info] preparation: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info] preparation: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info] preparation: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info] Art (1 matching dictionary) Preparation: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary [home, info] Business (2 matching dictionaries) preparation: Legal dictionary [home, info] preparation: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info] Computing (1 matching dictionary) preparation: Encyclopedia [home, info] Medicine (2 matching dictionaries) preparation: online medical dictionary [home, info] preparation: Medical dictionary [home, info] Slang (1 matching dictionary) preparation: Urban Dictionary [home, info] Sports (1 matching dictionary) preparation: Hickok Sports Glossaries [home, info]

Quick definitions from Macmillan ( ) Provided by Quick definitions from WordNet (preparation) ▸ noun:  the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose ("Preparations for the ceremony had begun") ▸ noun:  (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 disonance") ▸ noun:  activity leading to skilled behavior ▸ noun:  the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening ▸ noun:  a substance prepared according to a formula ▸ noun:  the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat ("He left the preparation of meals to his wife") ▸ noun:  preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) ▸ noun:  the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) ("Their preparation was more than adequate") ▸ Word origin