different between preparation vs organisation

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

Alternative forms

• organization (American)

Etymology

From Middle French organisation

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???(?).??n.a??ze?.??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?????n??ze???n/

Noun

organisation (countable and uncountable, plural organisations)

1. (British spelling, Australian spelling, New Zealand spelling) Standard spelling of organization.

Related terms

• disorganisation
• organisational
• organise

French

Etymology

organiser +? -ation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.?a.ni.za.sj??/
• Rhymes: -??
• Homophone: organisations

Noun

organisation f (plural organisations)

1. organization

Derived terms

• Organisation des Nations Unies
• Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique Nord
• organisation non gouvernementale

Related terms

• organisateur

Descendants

• ? German: Organisation
• ? Turkish: organizasyon

Further reading

• “organisation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

organisation c

1. an organization; a group of people or other legal entities with an explicit purpose and written rules.

Declension

Related terms

• landsorganisation
• länsorganisation
• organisationsform
• organisationsförmåga
• organisationsteori
• organisatör
• organisatorisk
• organisera
• riksorganisation