Prepare
vverb.changemake ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etcSynset:fix gear up ready set set up
Examples:- Get the children ready for school!
- prepare for war
- I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Derivationally Related Form:readyingpreparatorypreparationsetreadypreparative
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:fixchange
Direct Hyponyms:bracecramcropcultivatefixlay outmountpoisepreconditionprimeprovidesetset upsocialisesocializesummerisesummerizewinterisewinterizework
Full Troponyms:bracecramcultivatefixmountovercroppreconditionprimeprovideset upsocializesteelsummerizewinterize
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody PP | Somebody ---s something PP | Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something | Somebody ---s to INFINITIVE | Somebody ---s (apply to: prepare, gear up)
vverb.creationprepare for eating by applying heatSynset:cook fix make ready
Examples:- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
Derivationally Related Form:cookerypreparationcookercookcooking
Hypernyms:create from raw material create from raw stuff
Inherited Hypernyms:cookcreate from raw materialmake
Direct Hyponyms:concoctcook updeglazedevildressdress outescallopflambekeeplardprecookpreserveput onscallopwhip upwhomp up
Full Troponyms:canconcoctconservecorncuredeglazedehydratedevildressdunflambefreeze-drylardlyophilizepickleprecookpreserveput onrefrigeratesaltscallopwhip up
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | The chefs --- the vegetables (apply to: fix, make, cook, ready, prepare)
vverb.creationto prepare verbally, either for written or spoken deliveryExamples:- prepare a report
- prepare a speech
Hypernyms:create make
Inherited Hypernyms:preparemake
Direct Hyponyms:roughrough inrough out
Full Troponyms:rough in
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.creationarrange by systematic planning and united effortSynset:devise get up machinate organise organize
Examples:- machinate a plot
- organize a strike
- devise a plan to take over the director's office
Derivationally Related Form:devisingmachinationdeviserorganizationorganisationpreparative
Hypernyms:initiate pioneer
Inherited Hypernyms:organizeinitiatecausemake
Direct Hyponyms:embattlelaymountput onsandwichset upspatchcock
Full Troponyms:embattlelaymountrerunsandwichset upspatchcock
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialeducate for a future role or functionSynset:groom train
Examples:- 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
Derivationally Related Form:trainingpreparatorypreparationtraineegroomingpreparativetrainer
Hypernyms:educate
Inherited Hypernyms:prepareeducatebetterchange
Direct Hyponyms:disposequalify
Full Troponyms:capacitatehabilitatequalify
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.cognitioncreate by training and teachingSynset:develop educate train
Examples:- The old master is training world-class violinists
- we develop the leaders for the future
Derivationally Related Form:trainingpreparatorypreparationtraineeeducationeducativetrainer
Hypernyms:instruct learn teach
Inherited Hypernyms:trainteachinformcommunicateinteractact
Direct Hyponyms:drillhouse-trainhousebreakretraintoilet-train
Full Troponyms:drillhousebreakretraintoilet-train
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody
vverb.perceptionlead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chordTopic:music
Examples:- prepare the discord in bar 139
Derivationally Related Form:preparation
Hypernyms:sound
Inherited Hypernyms:preparesound
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.cognitionundergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or professionSynset:train
Examples:- She is training to be a teacher
- He trained as a legal aid
Derivationally Related Form:preparatorypreparationtrainee
Hypernyms:learn read study take
Inherited Hypernyms:trainlearn
Direct Hyponyms:apprenticedrillretrain
Full Troponyms:apprenticedrillretrain
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s to somebody