How to spell preparation

hear itprep·a·ra·tion/,prɛpə'reɪʃən/nounRules and real life

What it means: The act of making something ready.

In a sentence: We need preparation before the big cake baking event.

The part people get wrong

Watch for an unstressed vowel that is hard to hear. Often misspelled as preperation or prepartion.

Same family: prepared, preparing, preparatory, preparations, ready. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Preparation” comes from Latin *praeparatio*, from *prae* meaning “before” and *parare* meaning “to make ready.” It literally carries the idea of “making ready beforehand,” which is still exactly how we use it today.

Patterns it uses: The unstressed vowel (schwa) · -tion, -sion or -cian?

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