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# preparation

«preparation» in Mova's school dictionary: **getting ready for something or making something ready** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (preparation, preparations)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Preparation is getting ready for something or making something ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#m1)

2) Preparations are the things you do to get ready for an event. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#m2)

3) A preparation is a mixture made for a use, like a medicine or cream. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

At school, preparation for tests, trips and plays. In cooking: preparation time on recipes. In formal texts and reports: "in preparation for". Phrases: in preparation for, preparation time, make preparations.

### examples

- Preparation for the test starts this week. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x1)
- Preparation time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: 20 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x2)
- We made preparations for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x3)
- Good preparation helps you feel calm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x4)
- The class rehearsed in preparation for the play. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x5)
- Without preparation, the trip went badly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x6)
- A preparation of herbs was used as medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x7)
- If preparation takes 15 minutes and cooking 25, the meal takes 40 minutes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x8)
- So he went back to his hut, and at once set about his preparations. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/#x9)

### note

Mostly uncountable; plural "preparations" for many tasks. Verb: prepare. Spelling: prep-a-ration (an "a" after p). Short informal form: prep. In recipe problems, add preparation time and cooking time.

### In the corpora

- [Preparation is half the work.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/50-mock-ethics-olympiad/7/)
- [The preparations of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.444/)
- [And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/1CH.560/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «preparation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/preparation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.