the way something is with respect to its main attributes | activity leading to skilled behavior |
a politically organized body of people under a single government | preparatory school work done outside school (especially at home) |
the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose |
the territory occupied by a nation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat |
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening |
a state of depression or agitation | (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord |
(chemistry) the three traditional states of matter are solids (fixed shape and volume) and liquids (fixed volume and shaped by the container) and gases (filling the container) | the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) |
| a substance prepared according to a formula |