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Synonyms for prepare
prɪˈpɛərpre·pare
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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"
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localize, restore, organise, fructify, doctor, secure, cook, mend, touch on, launch, desex, jell, entrap, put, fixate, do, go under, congeal, effect, frame, place, fix, pay back, posit, install, set up, define, countersink, raise, lay, plant, coif, dress, ready, found, specify, mark, arrange, establish, correct, fasten, train, effectuate, bushel, develop, sterilise, unsex, sterilize, set, desexualise, devise, make, sic, gear up, limit, get, put together, situate, coiffe, deposit, tack, furbish up, machinate, repair, pose, pitch, position, assemble, piece, rear, put in, typeset, rig, instal, order, ensnare, determine, coiffure, groom, erect, go down, put up, educate, organize, pay off, desexualize, localise, get up, lay out, adjust, tack togethercook, 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"
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wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, desexualise, restore, construct, doctor, draw, stool, have, lay down, mend, piddle, hold, desex, piss, constitute, fudge, do, reach, earn, stimulate, get to, shit, fix, pay back, posit, name, falsify, fixate, define, make water, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, cook, gain, ready, defecate, establish, pee, realize, train, make up, specify, bushel, develop, sterilise, give, unsex, attain, relieve oneself, pull in, set, wee, induce, form, spend a penny, touch on, make, gear up, limit, fake, micturate, deposit, furbish up, take in, machinate, organise, repair, score, get, secure, build, situate, make believe, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, sterilize, set up, ca-ca, devise, misrepresent, determine, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, groom, educate, manipulate, organize, take a leak, fasten, pay off, desexualize, cause, urinate, get up, wangle, work, realise, seduceprepareverb
to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
"prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
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devise, organize, set, develop, organise, make, educate, ready, cook, train, get up, set up, fix, machinate, groom, gear uporganize, 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"
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conspire, excogitate, trick up, prink, drum, rise, ready, coordinate, stand up, bone up, fig up, mug up, cook, fancy up, fix, develop, elevate, uprise, get up, work up, gear up, organize, forge, unionize, tog up, grind away, lift, make, cram, arise, swot up, cabal, form, gussy up, bring up, attire, train, mastermind, invent, groom, overdress, deck up, complot, direct, raise, engineer, trick out, organise, bone, unionise, set up, turn out, swot, contrive, fig out, dress up, tog out, rig out, orchestrate, formulate, set, conjure, deck out, machinate, educate, deviseprepare, 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"
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rail, dress, coach, civilise, cook, fix, develop, get up, gear up, organize, take, civilize, make, aim, take aim, train, trail, groom, direct, discipline, organise, curry, ready, set up, school, neaten, cultivate, condition, set, machinate, educate, devise, checktrain, develop, prepare, educateverb
create by training and teaching
"The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
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rail, rise, originate, coach, get, build up, civilise, cook, fix, develop, uprise, get up, gear up, organize, take, recrudesce, civilize, make, arise, spring up, modernize, grow, take aim, train, evolve, trail, groom, aim, explicate, direct, organise, produce, germinate, ready, set up, school, discipline, modernise, make grow, cultivate, break, condition, formulate, set, machinate, educate, devise, acquire, checkprepareverb
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"
Synonyms:
devise, organize, set, develop, organise, make, educate, ready, cook, train, get up, set up, fix, machinate, groom, gear uptrain, 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"
Synonyms:
set up, aim, ready, educate, cook, cultivate, civilise, set, gear up, machinate, civilize, groom, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, check, condition, train, direct, coach, trail, devise, take, organize, get up, school, fix, make, organise
Editors Contribution
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
prepareverb
prepareverb
Synonyms:
provide, procure, get ready, put in orderprepareverb
Synonyms:
get ready, put things in order, set one's house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps, clear the ground, clear the way, smooth the way, clear decks, clear for action, open the way, pave the way, sow the seed
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How to use prepare in a sentence?
When we are interpreting, we take notes for ourselves - these are not verbatim notes, they are only a language we understand, so we can reconstruct the phrase or paragraph, sometimes you prepare the notes at the request of the president.
New offer fails to improve safety in enforceable way, all units instructed to reject and prepare to join (unfair labor practices) strike if called upon. Union at table ready to bargain.
Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
To be trusted, it means that you have to prepare society for whatever set of technologies it is that are coming along.
This is the reality that many homeowners are facing as we prepare for Delta, obviously, it's not a very good situation.
Translations for prepare
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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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