prepare

[Pre*pare·]

To prepare means to get ready for something. When you prepare for a test, you'll get a better score than if you don’t.

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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.

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"

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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"

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create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

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arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director''s office"

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prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

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to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

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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"

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prepare (someone) 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"


v. t.
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.

v. t.
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.

v. i.
To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.

v. i.
To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

n.
Preparation.


Prepare

Pre*pare" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Prepare ; p. pr. & vb. n. Preparing.] [F. pr'82parer, L. praeparare; prae before + parare to make ready. See Pare.] 1. 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.
Our souls, not yet prepared for upper light.
2. 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. Milton.
That they may prepare a city for habitation.
Syn. -- To fit; adjust; adapt; qualify; equip; provide; form; make; make; ready.

Prepare

Pre*pare" , v. i. 1. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion. "Bid them prepare for dinner." Shak. 2. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.

Prepare

Pre*pare", n. Preparation. [Obs.] Shak.

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.

Preparation.

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Usage Examples

Expect the best. Prepare for the worst. Capitalize on what comes.

Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.

Expect the best, Prepare for the worst.

Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words 'climate change' in public again, much less use the bully pulpit to prepare the nation for the catastrophic risks of inaction, the movement has been in a funk.

Going through the grief period of my dad and losing him - that was the worst thing because you know when you get that call. When you are seven, eight years old, you have that almost vision in your mind of what that's going to be like and what your going to feel like and it doesn't prepare you.

Education is the passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to those who prepare for it today.

Education should prepare our minds to use its own powers of reason and conception rather than filling it with the accumulated misconceptions of the past.

As skills and energy became more of a demand, people who didn't have skills just got left behind, got shuttled to the side. Education didn't keep up with their promise. Education didn't prepare them for this new world. Jobs went overseas.

Failure to prepare is preparing to fail.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

Failure is nature's plan to prepare you for great responsibilities.

Everything happens for a reason. I'm used to it, I prepare for it. Like I say, at the end of the day, those in charge of their own destiny are going to do what's right for them and their family.

All sciences are now under the obligation to prepare the ground for the future task of the philosopher, which is to solve the problem of value, to determine the true hierarchy of values.

God will prepare everything for our perfect happiness in heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe he'll be there.

An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.

For me it's always about first impressions. I trust my instincts. I love to prepare if it's something that requires training. But I don't like to prepare the psychology too much. I enjoy the psychology of the character but I work better from a first impression.

Conservatives saw the savagery of 9/11 in the attacks and prepared for war liberals saw the savagery of the 9/11 attacks and wanted to prepare indictments and offer therapy and understanding for our attackers.

Humility is the only true wisdom by which we prepare our minds for all the possible changes of life.

Christmas gives us the opportunity to pause and reflect on the important things around us - a time when we can look back on the year that has passed and prepare for the year ahead.

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