'Prepare' definitions:
Definition of 'prepare'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]
verb
Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare]
verb
To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
verb
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate]
verb
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" [syn: prepare, groom, train]
verb
Create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate]
verb
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"
verb
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" [syn: train, prepare]
Definition of 'Prepare'
From: GCIDE
- Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. i.
- 1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. "Bid them prepare for dinner." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prepare'
From: GCIDE
- Prepare \Pre*pare"\, n. Preparation. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prepare'
From: GCIDE
- Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepare?}; p. pr. & vb. n. Preparing.] [F. pr['e]parer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See Pare.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. [1913 Webster]
- Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- That they may prepare a city for habitation. --Ps. cvii. 36 [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Prepare'
From: GCIDE
- Prepare \Pre*pare"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Prepare?}; p. pr. & vb. n. Preparing.] [F. pr['e]parer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See Pare.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson. [1913 Webster]
- Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- That they may prepare a city for habitation. --Ps. cvii. 36 [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prepare'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accommodate,
- accouter,
- adapt,
- afford,
- appoint,
- apprentice,
- arm,
- arrange,
- arrange for,
- assemble,
- author,
- bake,
- barbecue,
- baste,
- be about to,
- blanch,
- boil,
- brace,
- braise,
- break,
- break in,
- breed,
- brew,
- brief,
- bring up,
- broil,
- brown,
- build,
- cast,
- change,
- clear for action,
- clear the decks,
- clothe,
- coauthor,
- coddle,
- collaborate,
- compose,
- compound,
- concoct,
- condition,
- consider every angle,
- construct,
- contribute,
- cook,
- cook up,
- cram,
- create,
- cultivate,
- cure,
- curry,
- dash off,
- deploy,
- develop,
- devil,
- devise,
- discipline,
- dispose,
- do,
- do to perfection,
- donate,
- dower,
- dress,
- drill,
- editorialize,
- educate,
- elaborate,
- endow,
- endue,
- equip,
- erect,
- evolve,
- exercise,
- extrude,
- fabricate,
- fashion,
- fetch up,
- fill,
- fill up,
- find,
- fire,
- fit,
- fit out,
- fit up,
- fix,
- fix to,
- fix up,
- forearm,
- forge,
- form,
- formulate,
- fortify,
- foster,
- frame,
- free-lance,
- fricassee,
- frizz,
- frizzle,
- fry,
- fudge together,
- fund,
- furnish,
- gear,
- get,
- get ready,
- get ready to,
- get set for,
- get up,
- ghost,
- ghostwrite,
- give,
- griddle,
- grill,
- groom,
- guard against,
- heat,
- hedge,
- heel,
- house-train,
- housebreak,
- improve,
- indite,
- invest,
- keep,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- lay by,
- leave out nothing,
- lick into shape,
- look out for,
- maintain,
- make,
- make arrangements,
- make available,
- make preparations,
- make provision for,
- make ready,
- make sure,
- make sure against,
- make up,
- man,
- manufacture,
- marshal,
- mature,
- mobilize,
- modify,
- mold,
- mould,
- munition,
- novelize,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- organize,
- outfit,
- oven-bake,
- overlook no possibility,
- pamphleteer,
- pan,
- pan-broil,
- parboil,
- patch together,
- piece together,
- plan,
- play safe,
- poach,
- practice,
- prearrange,
- predispose,
- prefabricate,
- prep,
- prepare food,
- prepare for,
- present,
- pretreat,
- prime,
- process,
- produce,
- provide,
- provide a hedge,
- provide against,
- provide for,
- put in order,
- put in shape,
- put in tune,
- put out,
- put to school,
- put together,
- put up,
- raise,
- ready,
- ready up,
- rear,
- recruit,
- reef down,
- rehearse,
- replenish,
- rig,
- rig out,
- rig up,
- roast,
- run up,
- saute,
- scallop,
- scenarize,
- sear,
- send to school,
- set up,
- settle preliminaries,
- shape,
- shirr,
- shorten sail,
- simmer,
- staff,
- steam,
- steel,
- stew,
- stir-fry,
- stock,
- store,
- strengthen,
- study,
- subsidize,
- supply,
- support,
- swot,
- take in hand,
- take measures,
- take precautions,
- take steps,
- tan,
- teach,
- throw on paper,
- toast,
- train,
- transform,
- treat,
- trim,
- try out,
- turn out,
- whip up,
- whomp up,
- write,
- yield