preparation
Definitions
Noun
- The activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
- 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
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Consonant Match
As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "preparation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preparation | 4 | 54 |
| 2 | preparations | 4 | 15 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "preparation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | production | 3 | 148 |
| 2 | protection | 3 | 68 |
| 3 | proportion | 3 | 29 |
| 4 | prevention | 3 | 27 |
| 5 | appreciation | 5 | 22 |
| 6 | plantation | 3 | 19 |
| 7 | politician | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | prohibition | 4 | 13 |
| 9 | apprehension | 4 | 11 |
| 10 | prediction | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | projection | 3 | 9 |
| 12 | propulsion | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | pendleton | 3 | 5 |
| 14 | profusion | 3 | 2 |
| 15 | progression | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | epicurean | 5 | 1 |
| 17 | penicillin | 4 | 1 |
| 18 | perspiration | 4 | 1 |
| 19 | perturbation | 4 | 1 |
| 20 | protozoan | 4 | 1 |
| 21 | pagination | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | pagurian | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | paraguayan | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | parkinson | 3 | 0 |
| 25 | partington | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | pavlovian | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | pendelton | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | pentathlon | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | petrossian | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | pilkenton | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | pilkington | 3 | 0 |
| 32 | pilkinton | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | pinkelman | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | planarian | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | playstation | 3 | 0 |
| 36 | pleasanton | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | plutonian | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | pocklington | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | pollination | 4 | 0 |
| 40 | polynesian | 4 | 0 |
| 41 | pomeranian | 5 | 0 |
| 42 | praetorian | 4 | 0 |
| 43 | preclusion | 3 | 0 |
| 44 | predestine | 3 | 0 |
| 45 | preemption | 3 | 0 |
| 46 | pretension | 3 | 0 |
| 47 | prolactin | 3 | 0 |
| 48 | providian | 4 | 0 |
| 49 | purington | 3 | 0 |
| 50 | purinton | 3 | 0 |
| 51 | pygmalion | 3 | 0 |
| 52 | spokesperson | 3 | 0 |
| 53 | spokeswoman | 3 | 0 |
| 54 | spokeswomen | 3 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "preparation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | operation | 4 | 113 |
| 2 | preparing | 3 | 22 |
| 3 | separation | 4 | 17 |
| 4 | preservation | 4 | 17 |
| 5 | preparations | 4 | 15 |
| 6 | propagation | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | preparatory | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | retardation | 4 | 3 |
| 9 | respiration | 4 | 2 |
| 10 | reparation | 4 | 1 |
| 11 | separations | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | perspiration | 4 | 1 |
| 13 | reparations | 4 | 0 |
| 14 | repatriation | 5 | 0 |
| 15 | prevarication | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | proration | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | prefabrication | 5 | 0 |
| 18 | predation | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | repatriating | 5 | 0 |
| 20 | recuperation | 5 | 0 |
Words That Follow
Words that often follow the term "preparation" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | preparation for | 1 | 2 |
Words That Precede
Words that often precede the term "preparation" in a sentence.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "preparation" in the same piece of text.
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | generally | 4 | 2 |
Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "preparation".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|
Results:
Term
Definitions: 8
Fragments: 2
Sound Alikes: 54
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 1
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 1
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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