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General (29 matching dictionaries)

1. preparation: Merriam-Webster.com [home, info]
2. preparation: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries [home, info]
3. preparation: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
4. preparation: Collins English Dictionary [home, info]
5. preparation: Vocabulary.com [home, info]
6. preparation: Macmillan Dictionary [home, info]
7. Preparation, preparation: Wordnik [home, info]
8. preparation: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary [home, info]
9. preparation: Wiktionary [home, info]
10. preparation: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed. [home, info]
11. preparation: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus [home, info]
12. preparation: Infoplease Dictionary [home, info]
13. preparation, the preparation: Dictionary.com [home, info]
14. preparation: Online Etymology Dictionary [home, info]
15. preparation: UltraLingua English Dictionary [home, info]
16. preparation: Cambridge Dictionary of American English [home, info]
17. Preparation (principle), Preparation, The Preparation: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia [home, info]
18. Preparation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary [home, info]
19. preparation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition [home, info]
20. preparation: Rhymezone [home, info]
21. preparation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary [home, info]
22. preparation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary [home, info]
23. preparation: Free Dictionary [home, info]
24. preparation: Mnemonic Dictionary [home, info]
25. preparation: WordNet 1.7 Vocabulary Helper [home, info]
26. preparation: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus [home, info]
27. preparation: Dictionary/thesaurus [home, info]

Art (1 matching dictionary)

28. Preparation: Virginia Tech Multimedia Music Dictionary [home, info]

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

29. preparation: Legal dictionary [home, info]
30. preparation: BusinessDictionary.com [home, info]

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

31. preparation: Encyclopedia [home, info]

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)

32. preparation: online medical dictionary [home, info]
33. preparation: Medical dictionary [home, info]

Slang (1 matching dictionary)

34. preparation: Urban Dictionary [home, info]

Sports (1 matching dictionary)

35. preparation: Hickok Sports Glossaries [home, info]

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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") ▸ Also see preparations ▸ Word origin ▸ Words similar to preparation ▸ Usage examples for preparation ▸ Idioms related to preparation (New!) ▸ Popular adjectives describing preparation ▸ Words that often appear near preparation ▸ Rhymes of preparation ▸ Invented words related to preparation