preparation: signification et définitions

The act or process of preparing.

The state of having been made ready beforehand; readiness.

often An action done to prepare for something, especially for an event or undertaking: preparations for the opening of the new school.

A substance, such as a medicine, prepared for a particular purpose.

Music The anticipation of a dissonant tone by means of its introduction as a consonant tone in the preceding chord. The dissonant tone so anticipated.