Clues for the word "PREPARATION"
We've had 4 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 19 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on December 16, 2025.
Definition of preparation
- n. - 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.
- n. - The state of being prepared or made ready; preparedness; readiness; fitness; as, a nation in good preparation for war.
- n. - That which makes ready, prepares the way, or introduces; a preparatory act or measure.
- n. - 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.
- n. - An army or fleet.
- n. - 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.
- n. - Accomplishment; qualification.
Referring Clues
Last Seen In
- Mindfood Daily - December 16, 2025
- Your Life Choices - March 28, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - February 08, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - January 21, 2025
- New Zealand Herald - October 25, 2024
- Your Life Choices - February 02, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 30, 2023
- Your Life Choices - November 28, 2023
- New Zealand Herald - September 29, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - July 08, 2023
- Your Life Choices - May 01, 2023
- Mindfood Daily - April 06, 2023
- Your Life Choices - September 05, 2022
- New Zealand Herald - July 30, 2022
- Mindfood Daily - December 17, 2017
- Your Life Choices - August 24, 2017
- Your Life Choices - May 10, 2017
- New Zealand Herald - May 07, 2017
- Guardian Quick - February 13, 2014