English noun: readying | |||
1. | readying (act) the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose | ||
Samples | Preparations for the ceremony had begun. | ||
Synonyms | preparation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | deployment, fire control, groundwork, makeready, planning, priming, prolusion, tune-up, turnaround, turnround, warm-up | ||