Definitions:

1. (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord noun
   • the resolution of one dissonance is often the preparation for another dissonance
2. a substance prepared according to a formula noun
   • the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
3. the act of preparing something, such as food, by the application of heat noun
   • The dinner preparation took forty five minutes.
4. the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose noun
   • preparations for the ceremony had begun

Synonyms:

• cooking
• formulation
• grooming
• homework
• planning
• prep
• readiness
• readying
• training