prepare

Verb

Verb Forms: prepared, preparing, prepares

• To make ready for use or consideration; to get ready.
• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  • "prepare for war"
• prepare for eating by applying heat
• to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
  • "prepare a report"
  • "prepare a speech"
• arrange by systematic planning and united effort
• educate for a future role or function
  • "The prince was prepared to become King one day"
• create by training and teaching
• 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"
• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
• To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
• To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
• To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
• To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.

Noun

• preparation

Examples

• Players must prepare their strategies carefully before a major Scrabble match.
• She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.
• We prepared a fish for dinner.
• We prepared for a bumpy ride.
• We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.

Synonyms

cook, develop, devise, educate, fix, gear up, get up, groom, machinate, make, organise, organize, ready, set, set up, train, busk, get, get ready, graith, yark

Related Words

preparation, preparatory