to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.
to manufacture, compound, or compose: to prepare a cough syrup.
Music. to lead up to (a discord, an embellishment, etc.) by some preliminary tone or tones.
verb (used without object),pre·pared,pre·par·ing.
to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready: to prepare for war.
Origin of prepare
First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin praeparāre “to make ready beforehand,” equivalent to prae-pre- + parāre “to set, get ready” (akin to parent)
SYNONYMS FOR prepare
1 provide, arrange, order.
3 make.
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ANTONYMS FOR prepare
1 disorganize.
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synonym study for prepare
1. Prepare,contrive,devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible. To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like: to prepare a room, a speech.Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness. The first word suggests a shrewdness that borders on trickery, but this is absent from devise : to contrive a means of escape; to devise a time-saving method.
OTHER WORDS FROM prepare
pre·par·er,nounre·pre·pare,verb (used with object),re·pre·pared,re·pre·par·ing.un·pre·par·ing,adjective
The timing of Fraser’s promotion may have been helped along by federal regulators, who are preparing to reprimand Citigroup over its risk-management systems, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday.
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The departure of Jacques, 48, who joined Rio in 2011, comes amid wider upheaval in the top ranks of the mining industry, as the sector prepares for a longer-term slowdown in demand from China and navigates moves to decarbonize the global economy.
The CEO of mining giant Rio Tinto is forced out following the destruction of an ancient archeological site|Bernhard Warner|September 11, 2020|Fortune
This calendar includes 18 months, so prepare to use it for a while.
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It’s easy to prepare and consume in a few minutes and you can eat more of what you want for your actual meal.
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For much of that summer, his staff had been preparing to sign an international energy agreement during a summit in Warsaw.
Rick Perry’s Ukrainian Dream|by Simon Shuster, TIME, and Ilya Marritz, WNYC|September 10, 2020|ProPublica
Prepare a large bowl with water and ice along with a strainer.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Hitchcock's going on about English pork butchers and how best to prepare pork cracklings.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One morning I arrive about nine to prepare for our morning meeting.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Prepare for takeoff, because quality vacation time will certainly boost your mood.
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After all, you prepare your home, car, garden and other things for the seasonal change, so why not your body?
9 Ways to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder|DailyBurn|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Brief time remains for thee to prepare for the impending stroke, to arrange thy affairs, and to take leave of thy friends.
Egmont|Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Kedril begins to tremble in earnest, but his master does not lose courage, and orders him to prepare the supper.
The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia|Fyodor Dostoyevsky
You need not prepare me for the future, you bad boy: I resigned myself to "possibilities" some time ago.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
They asked the railway officers to prepare for the transport of an army corps of 30,000 men.
The Rise of Rail-Power in War and Conquest, 1833-1914|Edwin A. Pratt
After being here confined three days, he was called up at midnight on the 18th and informed that he must prepare for a journey.
The History of Napoleon Buonaparte|John Gibson Lockhart
British Dictionary definitions for prepare
prepare
/ (prɪˈpɛə) /
verb
to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etcto prepare a meal; to prepare to go
to put together using parts or ingredients; compose or construct
(tr)to equip or outfit, as for an expedition
(tr)musicto soften the impact of (a dissonant note) by the use of preparation
be prepared(foll by an infinitive)to be willing and able (to do something)I'm not prepared to reveal these figures
Derived forms of prepare
preparer, noun
Word Origin for prepare
C15: from Latin praeparāre, from prae before + parāre to make ready