nnoun.actthe activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purposeSynset:preparation
Examples:- preparations for the ceremony had begun
Derivationally Related Form:prepareready
Hypernyms:activity
Inherited Hypernyms:preparationactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:deploymentfire controlgroundworkmakereadyplanningprimingprolusiontune-upturnaroundturnroundwarm-upwarm up
Full Hyponyms:basal body temperature method of family planningbirth controlcoitus interruptuscontraceptiondeploymentfire controlgroundworkmakereadynatural family planningoral contraceptionovulation method of family planningplanningprimingredeploymentrhythm method of birth controlschedulingsurgical contraceptiontubal ligationturnaroundvasectomywarm-upwarm up
vverb.creationprepare for eating by applying heatSynset:cook fix make prepare 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.changemake ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etcSynset:fix gear up prepare 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)