Definition of "preparations" []

• Plural form of preparation. (noun)

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• "Rachel Maddow says Time is reporting that just a few hours before the earthquake struck Chile last month, our scientists had finished securing 40# of highly enriched uranium into 65 tons of metal cases in preparations to send it to the US for safe-keeping."
• "The crew of a colony ship will sleep for years and awaken a few months away form the eventual destination to begin preparations for arrival."
• "She would also like to include in preparations before and after GIs are deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan short video segments of servicemembers describing how their personal lives changed for the better after surviving combat."