Preparation vs. Prepare — What's the Difference?

The act or process of preparing

To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion

The state of having been made ready beforehand; readiness.

To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound

Often preparations An action done to prepare for something, especially for an event or undertaking

To fit out; equip

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

(Music) To lead up to and soften (a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation.

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

To make things or oneself ready

The dissonant tone so anticipated.

(transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.

(uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

(transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.

(uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.

(intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.

(countable) That which is prepared.

(transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

(obsolete) preparation

(anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.

(music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.

To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.

(Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.

To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.

Devotional exercises introducing an office.

To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

(music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Preparation.

The act of preparing or fitting beforehand for a particular purpose, use, service, or condition; previous arrangement or adaptation; a making ready; as, the preparation of land for a crop of wheat; the preparation of troops for a campaign.

Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc;

The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.

Prepare for eating by applying heat;

That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.

To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;

That which is prepared, made, or compounded by a certain process or for a particular purpose; a combination. Specifically: (a) Any medicinal substance fitted for use. (b) Anything treated for preservation or examination as a specimen. (c) Something prepared for use in cookery.

Arrange by systematic planning and united effort;

An army or fleet.

Prepare (someone) for a future role or function;

The holding over of a note from one chord into the next chord, where it forms a temporary discord, until resolved in the chord that follows; the anticipation of a discordant note in the preceding concord, so that the ear is prepared for the shock. See Suspension.

Create by training and teaching;

Accomplishment; qualification.

Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord;

The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose;

Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession;

A substance prepared according to a formula

The cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening;

The state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action);

(music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord;

Activity leading to skilled behavior

Preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home)

The act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat;