S: (n) cooking, cookery, preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat) "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
S: (n) change of state (the act of changing something into something different in essential characteristics)
S: (n) change (the action of changing something) "the change of government had no impact on the economy"; "his change on abortion cost him the election"
S: (n) action (something done (usually as opposed to something said)) "there were stories of murders and other unnatural actions"