different between preparation vs compilation

English

Alternative forms

• præparation (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French préparation, from Latin praeparatio, praeparationem.Morphologically prepare +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??p???e???n/
• Hyphenation: prep?a?ra?tion
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations)

1. (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.
2. (uncountable) The state of being prepared; readiness.
3. (countable) That which is prepared.
   1. A substance, especially a remedy, that is prepared.

      The traditional remedy is a bitter preparation made from steamed herbs.

   2. (anatomy) A part of any animal body preserved as a specimen.
   3. (music) Any of the objects placed between the strings of a prepared piano.
4. (Judaism) The day before the Sabbath or other Jewish feast-day.
5. Devotional exercises introducing an office.
6. (music) The previous introduction, as an integral part of a chord, of a note continued into a succeeding dissonance.

Related terms

• prepare

Derived terms

Translations

Anagrams

• paraprotein

Interlingua

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?e.pa.?a?tsjon/

Noun

preparation (plural preparationes)

1. preparation

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin compilatio (“a raking together, a plundering, a collection of documents”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?mp??le???n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?mp??le???n/
• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

compilation (countable and uncountable, plural compilations)

1. (uncountable) The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.
2. (countable) That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.
3. (countable, uncountable, computing) Translation of source code into object code by a compiler.

Synonyms

• (the act or process of compiling): compilement
• (something compiled): anthology, collection
• (source code translation into object code):

Translations

Further reading

• compilation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

See also

• Compilation (computing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.pi.la.sj??/

Noun

compilation f (plural compilations)

1. compilation (all senses)