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| 1. | [ verb ] make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | |
| Synonyms: | set ready fix gear_up set_up | |
| Examples: | "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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| Related terms: | change set_up mount fix cultivate precondition brace prime summerize provide cram socialize winterize preparation readiness set | |
| 2. | [ verb ] (food) prepare for eating by applying heat | |
| Synonyms: | cook fix ready make | |
| Examples: | "Cook me dinner, please" "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" |
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| Related terms: | create_from_raw_material put_on preserve concoct precook devil whip_up lard make cooking | |
| 3. | [ verb ] arrange by systematic planning and united effort | |
| Synonyms: | organize devise machinate organise get_up | |
| Examples: | "machinate a plot" "organize a strike" "devise a plan to take over the director's office" |
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| Related terms: | initiate lay set_up spatchcock mount sandwich organization constitution organization intrigue | |
| 4. | [ verb ] to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | |
| Examples: | "prepare a report" "prepare a speech" |
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| Related terms: | make rough_in | |
| 5. | [ verb ] (education) prepare (someone) for a future role or function | |
| Synonyms: | train groom | |
| Examples: | "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" |
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| Related terms: | educate qualify train train discipline training | |
| 6. | [ verb ] (education) create by training and teaching | |
| Synonyms: | train develop educate | |
| Examples: | "The old master is training world-class violinists "we develop the leaders for the future" |
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| Related terms: | teach drill toilet-train housebreak retrain develop train training education education education trainer trainee train | |
| 7. | [ verb ] (food) make suitable for eating; of foods | |
| Related terms: | make translate rough_in dress preserve | |
| 8. | [ verb ] lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | |
| Examples: | "prepare the discord in bar 139" |
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| Related terms: | sound music | |
| 9. | [ verb ] (education) undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | |
| Synonyms: | train | |
| Examples: | "She is training to be a teacher" "He trained as a legal aid" |
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| Related terms: | learn apprentice drill retrain train homework | |
| Similar spelling: |
prepared propriety Proper proprietor propertied properness Propper pry_bar property properly prop_root |
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