Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

English Dictionary · 107,383 entries · Sources & licences

“preparations” is a form of

preparation

/ˌpɹɛpəˈɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ noun

Forms preparations præparation

  1. noun (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready. “I went over my notes in preparation for the exam.”
  2. noun (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
  3. noun A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared. “The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.”
  4. noun (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
  5. noun (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
  6. noun (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
  7. noun Devotional exercises introducing an office.
  8. noun (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Synonyms

readying formulation planning provision readiness preparedness training grooming homework prep cooking cookery

Antonyms

resolution

Etymology

From Middle English preparacion, from Middle French preparacion, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem. Morphologically prepare + -ation.

Webster’s 1913

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

Etymology [F. préparation, L. praeparatio. See Prepare.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “preparation”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “preparation” (best matches first).

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