Synonyms: 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
Similar words: change of state
Definition: the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics
Synonyms: homework, prep, preparation
Definition: preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)
Similar words: school assignment, schoolwork
Definition: a school task performed by a student to satisfy the teacher
Synonyms: training, grooming, preparation
Definition: activity leading to skilled behavior
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: activity
Definition: any specific behavior
Usage: they avoided all recreational activity
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: intellection, thinking, thought, thought process, cerebration, mentation
Definition: the process of using your mind to consider something carefully
Usage: thinking always made him frown; she paused for thought
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: musical harmony, harmony
Definition: the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
Synonyms: 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
Similar words: state
Definition: the way something is with respect to its main attributes
Usage: the current state of knowledge; his state of health; in a weak financial state
Synonyms: formulation, preparation
Definition: a substance prepared according to a formula
Usage: the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
Similar words: compound, chemical compound
Definition: (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight