Main entry: cookery, cooking, preparation
Definition: the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
Usage: cooking can be a great art; people are needed who have experience in cookery; he left the preparation of meals to his wife
Main entry: homework, prep, preparation
Definition: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
Main entry: training, grooming, preparation
Definition: activity leading to skilled behavior
Main entry: readying, preparation
Definition: the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
Usage: preparations for the ceremony had begun
Main entry: planning, provision, preparation
Definition: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening
Usage: his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties
Main entry: preparation
Definition: (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord
Usage: the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance
Main entry: preparation, preparedness, readiness
Definition: the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action)
Usage: putting them in readiness; their preparation was more than adequate
Main entry: formulation, preparation
Definition: a substance prepared according to a formula
Usage: the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine