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Definition of Preparations
1. preparation [n] - See also: preparation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preparations
Literary usage of Preparations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Sir Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1909)
"As the King of Prussia, notwithstanding, was making preparations for war, ...
Premature preparations for war, he observed, might spoil everything, ..."
2. The English Historical Review by Mandell Creighton, Justin Winsor, Samuel Rawson Gardiner, Reginald Lane Poole, John Goronwy Edwards (1893)
"This was C"*- reply to naval preparations on the part of the Dutch, ... 4 Meanwhile
further preparations were being pushed o and a few days later inquiry ..."
3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1873)
"We shall find that there are only three preparations altogether, ... So much for
its forming the basis of several pharmaceutical preparations of an ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"preparations OF IRON. SEVERAL preparations of iron bave lately engaged the
attention of the profession, more particularly the citrate, ..."
5. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1913)
"preparations OF GREECE (Feb. 16, 478 BC). In the meantime Greece was aware of
the preparations of the Great King for her enslavement, and was making her ..."
6. A History of Greece to the Death of Alexander the Great by John Bagnell Bury (1900)
"preparations OF GREECE In the meantime Greece was aware of the preparations of
the Great King for her enslavement, and was making her counter- preparations. ..."
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