preparation
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preparation
noun anticipation, apprenticeship, arrangement, background, basis, building, development, education, equipment, establishment, evolution, foresight, forethought, foundation, groundwork, initiation, making ready, neophytism, novitiate, plan, preliminaries, preliminary step, premunition, prior measure, probation, providence, provision, prudence, qualification, readiness, readying, rehearsal, safeguard, teaching, trainingAssociated concepts: preparation for trial, preparation of a crime
See also: building, composition, creation, direction, discipline, edification, education, experience, fitness, guidance, instruction, manufacture, performance, plan, precursor, prelude, provision, qualification