different between preparation vs devising

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

Noun

devising (countable and uncountable, plural devisings)

1. the act of creating a plan or some object, especially a will
   • 1965, A. R. Ammons, Tape for the Turn of the Year

     I take some kind of comfort in the inexhaustibility of the devisings of nature, that it can keep coming up with new things.

Synonyms

• fashioning, making

Verb

devising

1. present participle of devise