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   Pre·pare

   /prēˈper/

   

   verb

   • 1. make (something) ready for use or consideration: "prepare a brief summary of the article" Similar make readyget readyput togetherdraw upproducearrangedevelopassembleconstructcomposeeditdevisework outthink upconceiveformulateconcoctfashionwork uplay
   • ▪ make (food or a meal) ready for cooking or eating: "she was busy preparing lunch" Similar cookmakegetput togetherassemblemusterdish upconcoctblendinfusebrewinformal:mashmastinformal:fixrustle upknock up
   • ▪ make (a chemical product) by a reaction or series of reactions: "alkanes may be prepared by the removal of carbon dioxide from the corresponding carboxylic acid"
   • 2. make (someone) ready or able to do or deal with something: "schools should prepare children for life" Similar get readymake preparationsarrange thingsmake provisionget everything settake the necessary stepsdo the necessarylay the groundworkdo the spadeworkgear oneself upgird up one's loinsfit oneself outrig oneself outprovidearm oneselfface up tokit oneself outinformal:psych oneself uptrainget into shapepracticeexercisewarm upget readyget setstudyworkdo preparationrevisedo homeworkinformal:swotinstructteacheducatecoachtraintutorinculcategroomdisciplinedrillprimebriefguidedirectput in the picturebracemake readytensesteelsteadybuttressstrengthenfortifyliterary:gird
   • ▪ be willing to do something: "I wasn't prepared to go along with that"
   • 3. (in conventional harmony) lead up to (a discord) by means of preparation.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from French préparer or Latin praeparare, from prae ‘before’ + parare ‘make ready’.

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