preparation
part of speech
noun (preparation, preparations)
meaning for a pupil
1) Preparation is getting ready for something or making something ready. tree →
2) Preparations are the things you do to get ready for an event. tree →
3) A preparation is a mixture made for a use, like a medicine or cream. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Kabbalah describes the thirty-two paths as stages by which the divine will prepares each created thing. Proverbs says the heart's preparations are a person's, but the answer comes from God. In the primary 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
- the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- The Fourteenth Path is the Illuminating Intelligence, and is so called because it is itself that CHASHMAL which is the founder of the concealed and fundamental ideas of holiness and of their stages of preparation. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- The Twentieth Path is the Intelligence of Will, and is so called because it is the means of preparation of all and each created being, and by this intelligence the existence of the Primordial Wisdom becomes known. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
- The preparations of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD. (Writings PRO.16.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them. (Writings 1CH.12.40, JPS 1917) tree →
- The shield of his mighty men is made red, the valiant men are in scarlet; the chariots are fire of steel in the day of his preparation, and the cypress spears are made to quiver. (Prophets NAM.2.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- Preparation for the test starts this week. tree →
- Preparation time: 15 minutes. Cooking time: 20 minutes. tree →
- We made preparations for the party. tree →
- Good preparation helps you feel calm. tree →
- The class rehearsed in preparation for the play. tree →
- Without preparation, the trip went badly. tree →
- A preparation of herbs was used as medicine. tree →
- If preparation takes 15 minutes and cooking 25, the meal takes 40 minutes. tree →
- So he went back to his hut, and at once set about his preparations. tree →
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
- The preparations of the heart are man's, but the answer of the tongue is from the LORD.
- And they were there with David three days, eating and drinking; for their brethren had made preparation for them.
- Preparation is half the work.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «preparation» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.