What does prepare mean?
Definitions for prepare
prɪˈpɛərpre·pare
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word prepare.
Princeton's WordNet
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose 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"
cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb
prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
prepareverb
to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
"prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinateverb
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
"machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
prepare, groom, trainverb
educate for a future role 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"
train, develop, prepare, educateverb
create by training and teaching
"The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
prepareverb
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"
train, prepareverb
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"
Wiktionary
prepareverb
To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.
prepareverb
To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
We prepared a fish for dinner.
prepareverb
To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
We prepared for a bumpy ride.
prepareverb
To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.
Etymology: From preparer, from Classical praeparare, from prae- + parare.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Preparenoun
Preparation; previous measures. Not in use.
Etymology: from the verb.
In our behalf
Go levy men, and make prepare for war. William Shakespeare.To PREPAREverb
Etymology: præpare, Lat. preparer, Fr.
Patient Octavia, plough thy visage up
With her prepared nails. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleop.Confound the peace establish’d, and prepare
Their souls to hatred, and their hands to war. Dryden.Our souls, not yet prepar’d for upper light,
Till doomsday wander in the shades of night. Dryden.The beams of light had been in vain display’d,
Had not the eye been fit for vision made;
In vain the author had the eye prepar’d
With so much skill, had not the light appear’d. Richard Blackmore.Some preachers, being prepared only upon two or three points of doctrine, run the same round. Addison.
There he maketh the hungry to dwell, that they may prepare a city for habitation. Psalm cviii. 36.
Now prepare thee for another fight. John Milton.
He took the golden compasses, prepar’d
In God’s eternal store, to circumscribe
This universe. John Milton.The woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God to feed her. Rev. xii. 6.
He hath founded it upon the seas, and prepared it upon the floods. Psalm xxiv. 2.
To Prepareverb
Efficacy is a power of speech, which represents to our minds the lively ideas of things so truly, as if we saw them with our eyes; as Dido preparing to kill herself. Henry Peacham.
Go in, sirrah, bid them prepare for dinner. William Shakespeare.
The long-suffering of God waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was a preparing. 1 Peter iii. 2.
Wikipedia
PREPARE
PREPARE is an acronym for the European Union's Platform for European Preparedness Against (Re-)emerging Epidemics. The coordinator is professor Herman Goossens of the University of Antwerp. It was activated on 31 December 2019 in response to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and as of February 2020 was operating in outbreak response mode 2 (mobilisation), the second of three modes.
ChatGPT
prepare
To prepare means to make ready or organize something, typically in advance, to be able to successfully accomplish a specific task or goal. It involves planning, arranging, and taking necessary actions to be adequately equipped or skilled for a particular situation or event. Preparation often includes gathering or acquiring the required resources, information, knowledge, or skills to ensure readiness and enhance effectiveness in achieving the desired outcome.
Webster Dictionary
Prepareverb
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
Prepareverb
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
Prepareverb
to make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion
Prepareverb
to make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death
Preparenoun
preparation
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prepare
prē-pār′, v.t. to make ready beforehand: to fit for any purpose: to make ready for use: to adapt: to form: to set or appoint: to provide: to equip.—v.i. to get one's self ready: to put everything in proper order: to lead up to.—n. (Shak.) preparation.—adj. Prepared′, made ready, fit, or suitable: ready.—adv. Prepā′redly.—ns. Prepā′redness; Prepā′rer. [Fr.,—L. præparāre—præ, before, parāre, to make ready.]
Editors Contribution
prepare
To create or make.
They did prepare the food in advance of the birthday party.
Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'prepare' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3286
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'prepare' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3654
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'prepare' in Verbs Frequency: #207
Anagrams for prepare »
paperer
repaper
perpera
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prepare in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prepare in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of prepare in a Sentence
Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.
We need not wait for the completion of the second layer to order the closure of the green border, we cannot wait for an as-yet-unborn common European policy. Once everyone understands what the Hungarian intention is and they can prepare that the Serbian-Hungarian border status quo will extend to the Croatian-Hungarian border, we will put those rules in effect to enforce EU laws on border crossing.
It was a successful mission following extensive coordination, now, we will prepare to honor our fallen before they continue on their journey home.
I have to say, we really feel like we were super well prepared by our training on the ground to experience this, but there's only so much you can prepare for, i think you can intellectualize the experience of living and working in microgravity, but until you experience it, you don't really know what it's going to be like.
This rulemaking seeks to ensure that operators prepare for and conduct these operations in a manner that drives down risks and protects both offshore personnel and the pristine Arctic environment.
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- حضر, جهزArabic
- падрыхтава́ць, рыхтава́ць, прыгатава́ць, гатава́цьBelarusian
- подго́твям се, подго́твям, приго́твямBulgarian
- připravit, chystatCzech
- tilberede, beredeDanish
- zubereiten, vorbereitenGerman
- προετοιμά, προετοιμάζωGreek
- pretigi, prepariEsperanto
- prepararSpanish
- valmistautua, valmistella, valmistaaFinnish
- se préparer, préparerFrench
- ullmhaighIrish
- הכין, התכונןHebrew
- तैयार करनाHindi
- felkészül, készül, előkészít, előkészül, elkészítHungarian
- պատրաստվել, պատրաստելArmenian
- preparare, prepararsiItalian
- 準備Japanese
- 마견하다, 준비하다Korean
- parōLatin
- gatavoties, gatavot, taisītLatvian
- taute, whakareri, takaMāori
- voorbereiden, preparerenDutch
- tilberedeNorwegian
- przygotowaćPolish
- fazer, [[preparar]]-[[se]], prepararPortuguese
- pregăti, preparaRomanian
- подгото́вить, гото́виться, подгото́виться, пригото́вить, гото́витьRussian
- прѝправити, prìpraviti, припре́мити, spremiti, priprémiti, priréditiSerbo-Croatian
- pripraviť, pripravovaťSlovak
- pripraviti, pripravljatiSlovene
- förberedaSwedish
- andaaSwahili
- sofra kurmak, hazırlamak, hazırlanmakTurkish
- готува́ти, підготува́ти, приготува́тиUkrainian
- تیار کرناUrdu
- chuẩn bịVietnamese
- 准备Chinese
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