What is another word for "preparation"?

Roget's Thesaurus (1911) lists these synonyms for "preparation": antecedent, antepast, anticipation, avant-courier, bellwether, caution, conclusion, dawn, exordium, expectation, foreboding, forecast, foreknowledge, forerunner, foresight, foretaste, forethought, foreword, frontispiece, groundwork, harbinger, heading, herald, inaugural, intelligence, introduction, introductory, leader, long, omen, outrider, overture, pioneer, plan, preamble, precedent, precognition, precursor, precursory, predecessor.