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.