| OVERPREPARATION | • overpreparation n. Excessive preparation. • OVERPREPARATION n. excessive preparation. |
| PREPARATION | • preparation n. (Uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready. • preparation n. (Uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness. • preparation n. (Countable) That which is prepared. |
| PREPARATIONS | • preparations n. Plural of preparation. • PREPARATION n. the act of preparing. |
| PREPARATIVE | • preparative adj. That serves to prepare something. • preparative adj. Preliminary or preparatory. • preparative n. Something to be done in preparation; a preliminary. |
| PREPARATIVELY | • preparatively adv. By way of preparation. • PREPARATIVE adv. serving to prepare. |
| PREPARATIVES | • preparatives n. Plural of preparative. • PREPARATIVE n. something that prepares the way for or serves as a preliminary to something else. |
| PREPARATOR | • preparator n. A person who prepares specimens or exhibits. • PREPARATOR n. one who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. |
| PREPARATORILY | • preparatorily adv. In a preparatory manner. • PREPARATORY adv. by way of preparation. |
| PREPARATORS | • preparators n. Plural of preparator. • PREPARATOR n. one who prepares beforehand, as subjects for dissection, specimens for preservation in collections, etc. |
| PREPARATORY | • preparatory adj. Of or pertaining to preparation, having the purpose of making something or someone ready, preparative. • PREPARATORY adj. by way of preparation. |
| REPARATION | • reparation n. (Usually in the plural) A payment of time, effort or money to compensate for past transgression(s). • reparation n. (Archaic) The act of renewing, restoring, etc., or the state of being renewed or repaired. • REPARATION n. a repairing or keeping in repair. |
| REPARATIONS | • reparations n. Plural of reparation. • REPARATION n. a repairing or keeping in repair. |
| REPARATIVE | • reparative adj. Tending to or intended to repair. • reparative adj. Of, pertaining to, or being a reparation. • reparative n. (Rare) That which repairs. |
| REPARATORY | • reparatory adj. Relating to repair or reparation. • REPARATORY adj. related to reparation. |