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pre·par·ing

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  1. Preparing

    of Prepare

Editors Contribution

  1. preparingverb

    Verb form of the word prepare.

    Preparing for our wedding is easy as we are so united in our love for each other and our families.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'preparing' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3749

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'preparing' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4533

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of preparing in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of preparing in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of preparing in a Sentence

  1. Clinton Key:

    We don’t talk enough about the balance people need to strike for themselves between consumption, preparing for the short-term and preparing for the long term. All three are important.

  2. Ben Lindsey:

    I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth.

  3. Roger Mercado:

    All radios and televisions are open, cell phones are being charged. People are buying food stuff, preparing fuel and gasoline supply, people are now conscious of preparations.

  4. Tom Malinowski:

    What Putin is potentially preparing for here requires taking actions that are much more visible than what we saw in 2014, the forces he is amassing are exactly the forces you would amass if you were preparing for an all-out land invasion of the country, which is not what happened in 2014 with Russia's little green men.

  5. Clive Staples Lewis:

    A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.

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Translations for preparing

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  • तैयार कर रहे हैंHindi
  • hazırlamakTurkish

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