Prepare definition
To make things ready.
verb
To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion.
The teacher prepared the students for the exams.
verb
To make ready, usually for a specific purpose; make suitable; fit; adapt; train.
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To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound.
Prepared a meal; prepared the lecture.
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To make receptive; dispose; accustom.
To prepare someone for bad news.
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To put together or make out of ingredients, parts, etc., or according to a plan or formula; compound.
To prepare dinner or a medicine.
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To equip or furnish with necessary provisions, accessories, etc.; fit out.
To prepare an expedition.
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(music) To use (a dissonant tone) in preparation.
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Prepare is defined as to make ready, put together or provide with what is needed.
An example of to prepare is packing for a trip.
An example of to prepare is making breakfast.
An example of to prepare is getting a child the supplies they need for school.
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To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.
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To fit out; equip.
Prepared the ship for an arctic expedition.
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(music) To lead up to and soften (a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation.
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To make things or oneself ready.
I must prepare for my trip.
verb
To make oneself ready.
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(intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
We prepared for a bumpy ride.
verb
be prepared
- To be willing (to do something):I am not prepared to defend him when I know he was wrong.
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Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
Origin of prepare
- Middle English preparen from Old French preparer from Latin praeparāre prae- pre- parāre prepare, equip perə-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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