readying

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noun

the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose
- preparations for the ceremony had begun
• Syn:
preparation
• Derivationally related forms:
ready, prepare (for: preparation)
• Hypernyms:
activity
• Hyponyms:
fire control, deployment, groundwork, makeready, priming,
planning, turnaround, turnround, warm-up, tune-up, prolusion