preparation

/pษนษ›pษ™หˆษนeษชสƒษ™n/

IPA: /P R EH0 P ER0 EY1 SH AH0 N/

noun
  1. 1

    The act of preparing or getting ready.

  2. 2

    The state of being prepared; readiness.

  3. 3

    That which is prepared.

  4. 4

    The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.

  5. 5

    Devotional exercises introducing an office.

  6. 6

    The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

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