Akademik

readying
noun
the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
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preparations for the ceremony had begun

Syn: ↑preparation
Derivationally related forms: ↑ready, ↑prepare (for: ↑preparation)
Hypernyms: ↑activity
Hyponyms:
fire control, ↑deployment, ↑groundwork, ↑makeready, ↑priming, ↑planning, ↑turnaround, ↑turnround, ↑warm-up, ↑tune-up, ↑prolusion

Useful english dictionary. 2012.