prepare
[ pri-pair ]
/ prɪˈpɛər /
verb (used with object), pre·pared, pre·par·ing.
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
SYNONYMS FOR prepare
1
provide,
arrange,
order.
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.
3 make.
OTHER WORDS FROM prepare
pre·par·er, noun re·pre·pare, verb (used with object), re·pre·pared, re·pre·par·ing. un·pre·par·ing, adjectiveWords nearby prepare
Example sentences from the Web for prepare
British Dictionary definitions for prepare
prepare
/ (prɪˈpɛə) /
verb
to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
to 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) music
to 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, nounWord Origin for prepare
C15: from Latin
praeparāre, from
prae before +
parāre to make ready