2. prepare to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.
3. prepare to manufacture, compound, or compose: to prepare a cough syrup.
4. (v.i.)prepare to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready: to prepare for exams.
Etymology: (1520–30; < L praeparāre to ready beforehand =prae-pre - +parāre to set, get ready)
Definition of 'Prepare'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set makeready or suitable or equip in advance for a particularpurpose or for some use, event, etc "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
2. (verb)cook, fix, ready, make, prepare prepare for eating by applying heat "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
3. (verb)prepare to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
4. (verb)organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate arrange by systematic planning and united effort "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
5. (verb)prepare, groom, train educate for a futurerole or function "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"
6. (verb)train, develop, prepare, educate create by training and teaching "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
7. (verb)prepare lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord "prepare the discord in bar 139"
8. (verb)train, prepare undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"
1. (verb)prepare to get or makeready chefs preparing the food; The school is preparing for its new students.; as the country prepares to go to war; He prepared himself for an argument.
2. prepare prepare the way for to create conditions in which sth can happen an agreement that prepared the way for progress
Definition of 'Prepare'
Webster Dictionary
1. (noun)Prepare preparation
2. (verb)Prepare to fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson
3. (verb)Prepare to procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment
4. (verb)Prepare to make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion
5. (verb)Prepare to make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death
Sense: to make or get ready Have you prepared your speech for Thursday?; My mother prepared a meal; He prepared to go out; Prepare yourself for a shock.
Definitions of Prepare 
Afrikaans: voorberei
Arabic: يُعِد
Bulgarian: готвя (се)
Brazilian: preparar(-se)
Czech: připravit (se)
German: vorbereiten
Danish: forberede; tilberede; for
Greek: (προ)ετοιμάζω, (προ)ετοιμ
Spanish: preparar
Estonian: valmistama, valmistuma
Farsi: آماده کردن یا شدن
Finnish: valmistella
French: (se) préparer
Hebrew: לְהָכִין
Hindi: तैयार करना
Croatian: spremiti se
Hungarian: (el)készít
Indonesian: mempersiapkan
Icelandic: undirbúa
Italian: preparare, prepararsi
Japanese: 準備する
Korean: 준비하다
Lithuanian: (pa)(si)ruošti
Latvian: []gatavot; []gatavoties
Malay: bersedia
Dutch: voorbereiden, toebereiden
Norwegian: forberede (seg); tilbered
Polish: przygotować
Persian: آماده کردن یا شدن
Pashto: چمتو كول يا كيدل
Portuguese: preparar(-se)
Romanian: a (se) pregăti
Russian: подготовить(ся), приготов
Slovak: pripraviť (sa)
Slovenian: pripraviti
Serbian: spremiti
Swedish: förbereda, tillaga, göra 
Thai: เตรียมตัว
Turkish: hazırlamak
Taiwanese: 準備
Ukrainian: готуватися; підготовлюват
Urdu: تيار کرنا
Vietnamese: chuẩn bị
Chinese: 准备
