Associations to the word «Prepare»

Wiktionary

PREPARE, verb. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
PREPARE, verb. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
PREPARE, verb. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
PREPARE, verb. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
PREPARE, noun. (obsolete) preparation

Dictionary definition

PREPARE, verb. 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".
PREPARE, verb. Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please".
PREPARE, verb. To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech".
PREPARE, verb. Arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office".
PREPARE, verb. 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".
PREPARE, verb. Create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future".
PREPARE, verb. 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".
PREPARE, verb. 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".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley