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Synonyms for preparation
Synonyms for preparation: cooking, formulation and planning. Every one of them is a hand audited pair from the Synonym Stack word bank, shown below in the sense it fits, in a real sentence, and beside the words that only look close.
The 3 synonyms for preparation
Interchangeable with preparation, one per sense
Audited under preparation's own entry, so the meaning quoted is the one preparation carries in that sense.
- cookingnoun, in the sense "the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat"
- formulationnoun, in the sense "a substance prepared according to a formula"
Recorded from the other side of the pair
These entries were written under the other word and name preparation as the true synonym, so the sense quoted is theirs.
- planningplanning is a noun in the sense "the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening"
two of these come from preparation's own entries in the bank, and one was audited from the other word's side of the pair. Both directions were read by a human, and only the sense quoted differs.
the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat
He left the preparation of meals to his wife.
The true synonym
cooking
Same sentence, swapped: He left the cooking of meals to his wife.
Close but different
These three are the other tiles the game puts on screen for this sense, and the note above says why the closest of them fails. None is a synonym for preparation in the sentence quoted.
- grooming
- provision
- transition
a substance prepared according to a formula
The physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine.
The true synonym
formulation
Same sentence, swapped: The physician prescribed a commercial formulation of the medicine.
Close but different
The game shows these three beside the answer. Each is a real word with a real meaning and none of them fits the slot preparation is in above, which is the point the reason line makes.
- grooming
- provision
- stripper
Where preparation turns up in the game
preparation is the word under test in two puzzles, spread across two difficulty tiers. It also sits on the board as one of the three wrong tiles in one other puzzle, where the answer is a different word entirely.
The puzzle where preparation is the trap
- ventnoun, Tier 2, Treeline. The answer there is release, in the sense "activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion", and preparation is one of the three tiles that lose.
Play preparation
The bank on this page is the bank the game plays from, so preparation reaches you as a board rather than a definition: the sentence first, four tiles, and the meaning after you choose.
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Neighbours by theme before neighbours by difficulty, because actions is the company preparation keeps.
The wrong tile gets explained too
Synonym Stack plays from this exact bank. preparation carries 2 written reason lines, and the game shows them the moment a round ends, whichever tile you tapped.