preparation
Roget category 673
5. Words relating to the voluntary powers› 5.2. Prospective volition
›› 5.2.3. Precursory measures
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Preparation
noun
preparation —
providing
etc.
v. —
provision,
providence —
anticipation
etc.
(foresight)
510 —
precaution,
preconcertation†,
predisposition —
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626 —
rehearsal,
note of preparation.
[Putting in order]
arrangement
etc.
60 —
clearance —
adjustment
etc.
23 —
tuning —
equipment,
outfit,
accouterment,
armament,
array.
ripening
etc.
v. —
maturation,
evolution —
elaboration,
concoction,
digestion —
gestation,
batching,
incubation,
sitting.
groundwork,
first stone,
cradle,
stepping-stone —
foundation,
scaffold
etc.
(support)
215 —
scaffolding,
echafaudage [Fr.].
[Preparation of men]
training
etc.
(education)
537 —
inurement
etc.
(habit)
613 —
novitiate —
cooking
[Preparation of food],
cookery —
brewing,
culinary art —
tilling,
plowing,
[Preparation of the soil],
sowing —
semination†,
cultivation.
[State of being prepared]
preparedness,
readiness,
ripeness,
mellowness —
maturity —
un impromptu fait a loisir [Fr.].
[Preparer]
preparer,
trainer —
pioneer,
trailblazer —
avant-courrier [Fr.],
avant-coureur [Fr.] —
voortrekker [Afrik.] —
sappers and miners,
pavior†,
navvy† —
packer,
stevedore —
warming pan.
verb
prepare —
get ready,
make ready —
make preparations,
settle preliminaries,
get up,
sound the note of preparation.
set in order,
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60 —
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626 —
prepare the ground,
plow the ground,
dress the ground —
till the soil,
cultivate the soil —
predispose,
sow the seed,
lay a train,
dig a mine —
lay the groundwork,
fix the groundwork,
lay the basis,
fix the basis,
lay the foundations,
fix the foundations —
dig the foundations,
erect the scaffolding —
lay the first stone
etc.
(begin)
66.
roughhew —
cut out work —
block out,
hammer out —
lick into shape
etc.
(form)
240.
elaborate,
mature,
ripen,
mellow,
season,
bring to maturity —
nurture
etc.
(aid)
707 —
hatch,
cook,
brew —
temper,
anneal,
smelt —
barbecue —
infumate† —
maturate.
equip,
arm,
man —
fit-out,
fit up —
furnish,
rig,
dress,
garnish,
betrim†,
accouter,
array,
fettle,
fledge —
dress up,
furbish up,
brush up,
vamp up —
refurbish —
sharpen one's tools,
trim one's foils,
set,
prime,
attune —
whet the knife,
whet the sword —
wind up,
screw up —
adjust
etc.
(fit)
27 —
put in trim,
put in train,
put in gear,
put in working order,
put in tune,
put in a groove for,
put in harness —
pack.
train
etc.
(teach)
537 —
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613 —
breed —
prepare for
&c. —
rehearse —
make provision for —
take steps,
take measures,
take precautions —
provide,
provide against —
beat up for recruits —
open the door to
etc.
(facilitate)
705.
set one's house in order,
make all snug —
clear the decks,
clear for action —
close one's ranks —
shuffle the cards.
prepare oneself —
serve an apprenticeship
etc.
(learn)
539 —
lay oneself out for,
get into harness,
gird up one's loins,
buckle on one's armor,
reculer pour mieux sauter [Fr.],
prime and load,
shoulder arms,
get the steam up,
put the horses to.
guard against,
make sure against —
forearm,
make sure,
prepare for the evil day,
have a rod in pickle,
provide against a rainy day,
feather one's nest —
lay in provisions
etc.
637 —
make investments —
keep on foot.
be prepared,
be ready
etc.
adj. —
hold oneself in readiness,
keep one's powder dry —
lie in wait for
etc.
(expect)
507 —
anticipate
etc.
(foresee)
510 —
principiis obstare [Lat.] —
veniente occurrere morbo [Lat.].
adjective
preparing
etc.
v. —
in preparation,
in course of preparation,
in agitation,
in embryo,
in hand,
in train —
afoot,
afloat —
on foot,
on the stocks,
on the anvil —
under consideration
etc.
(plan)
626 —
brewing,
batching,
forthcoming,
brooding —
in store for,
in reserve.
precautionary,
provident —
preparative,
preparatory —
provisional,
inchoate,
under revision —
preliminary
etc.
(precedent)
62.
prepared
etc.
v. —
in readiness —
ready,
ready to one's band,
ready made,
ready cut and dried: made to one's hand,
handy,
on the table —
in gear —
in working order,
in working gear —
snug —
in practice.
ripe,
mature,
mellow —
pukka† —
practiced
etc.
(skilled)
698 —
labored,
elaborate,
highly-wrought,
smelling of the lamp,
worked up.
in full feather,
in best bib and tucker —
in harness,
at harness —
in the saddle,
in arms,
in battle array,
in war paint —
up in arms —
armed at all points,
armed to the teeth,
armed cap a pie —
sword in hand —
booted and spurred.
in utrumque paratus [Lat.],
semper paratus [Lat.] —
on the alert
etc.
(vigilant)
459 —
at one's post.
adverb
in preparation,
in anticipation of —
against,
for —
abroach†.
phrase
a bove majori discit arare minor [Lat.] —
looking before and after"
[Hamlet],
si vis pacem para bellum [Lat.].
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