preparing
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[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈpɛəɹɪŋ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /pɹɪˈpɛɹɪŋ/
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Verb
[edit]preparing
- present participle and gerund of prepare
Noun
[edit]preparing (plural preparings)
- preparation
- 1854, The Ladies' Repository, volume 22, page 361:
- It must be remembered that different methods are adopted in these preparings to produce the different kinds of yarn required for the different kinds of worsted fabrics which are manufactured […]
- 1859, Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities, London: Chapman and Hall, […], →OCLC:
- For, as I draw closer and closer to the end, I travel in the circle, nearer and nearer to the beginning. It seems to be one of the kind smoothings and preparings of the way.