prepare
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.
to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready: to prepare for war.
Origin of prepare
1synonym study For prepare
Other words for prepare
Opposites for prepare
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, adjective
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How to use prepare in a sentence
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.
‘It has to have an impact’: What Citi’s new CEO means for other women on Wall Street | Maria Aspan | September 16, 2020 | FortuneThe 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 | FortuneThis calendar includes 18 months, so prepare to use it for a while.
It’s easy to prepare and consume in a few minutes and you can eat more of what you want for your actual meal.
BCAA supplements can enhance your workout, but should you take them? | Amy Schellenbaum | September 10, 2020 | Popular-ScienceFor 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
Adults prepare food and drink dark sweet tea on the doorsteps of their homes as they watch their children playing.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTHitchcock'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 | THE DAILY BEASTOne 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 | THE DAILY BEASTprepare for takeoff, because quality vacation time will certainly boost your mood.
She had left her chair, meaning to go indoors and prepare for supper before Tony actually arrived.
The Wave | Algernon Blackwoodprepare the table, behold in the watchtower them that eat and drink: arise, ye princes, take up the shield.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version | VariousThat will give us time to turn about us, and to prepare ourselves against similar unpleasant casualties.
For three days Black Sheep was shut in his own bedroom—to prepare his heart.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II | Rudyard KiplingLawrence, when the day was lost, rode back to prepare the hapless Europeans in the city for the hazard that now threatened.
The Red Year | Louis Tracy
British Dictionary definitions for prepare
/ (prɪˈpɛə) /
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
Origin of prepare
1Derived forms of prepare
- preparer, noun
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