prepare
/pripˈɛr/
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Definitions
Verb
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
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prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
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to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
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arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director''s office"
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educate for a future role or function; "He is grooming his son to become his successor"; "The prince was prepared to become King one day"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
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create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
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lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord; "prepare the discord in bar 139"
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undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"
Synonyms
cook
develop
devise
educate
fix
gear up
get up
groom
machinate
make
organise
organize
ready
set
set up
train
More General Terms
alter
change
create
create from raw material
create from raw stuff
educate
initiate
instruct
learn
make
modify
pioneer
read
sound
study
take
teach
More Specific Terms
apprentice
brace
concoct
cook up
cram
crop
cultivate
deglaze
devil
dispose
dress
dress out
drill
embattle
escallop
fix
flambe
housebreak
house-train
keep
lard
lay
lay out
mount
poise
precondition
precook
preserve
prime
provide
put on
qualify
retrain
rough
rough in
rough out
sandwich
scallop
set
set up
socialise
socialize
spatchcock
summerise
summerize
toilet-train
whip up
whomp up
winterise
winterize
work