Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: preparation
IPA transcription: [pɹ,ɛpɚ'eɪʃən]
Pronunciations of preparation
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: preparation, readying
    Meaning: the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
  • Synonyms: formulation, preparation
    Meaning: a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
  • Synonyms: planning, preparation, provision
    Meaning: the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"
Usage examples
  • FLUENCY THROUGH PREPARATION
  • Ill preparation for the coming day!
  • Marfa Ignatyevna knows of a preparation and always keeps it.
  • Either some plan to stop war or preparation for the final judgment.
  • She made, consequently, what preparation she could against surprise.
  • Preparation may be either general or specific; usually it should be both.
  • Everything that had happened to him so far on Dis had been preparation for this moment.
  • "No one can ever forget his first guard tour with all its preparation and perspiration.
  • It is the man's one preparation for receiving the power to overcome them, the baptism of fire.
  • After all this enrichment of life by storage, must come the special preparation for the particular speech.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Billboard, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hurricane Dog (1950), License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Raney nickel, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Masala chai, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Council of Trent, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Battle of the Somme, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Hydrochloric acid, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Effects of Hurricane Ivan in the Lesser Antilles and South America, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Attack on Pearl Harbor, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Terry Fox, License CC BY-SA 4.0