Prepare

What do we mean by prepare?

To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion. intransitive verb

To put together or make by combining various elements or ingredients; manufacture or compound. intransitive verb

To fit out; equip. intransitive verb

To lead up to and soften (a dissonance or its impact) by means of preparation. intransitive verb

To make things or oneself ready. intransitive verb

(be prepared) To be willing (to do something). idiom

Preparation. noun

To set in order or readiness for a particular end; make ready; provide; adapt by alteration or arrangement.

To bring into a particular mental state with reference to the future; fit by notification or instruction for any definite action or direction of thought: as, to prepare a person for bad news; to prepare a boy for college.

To equip; fit out; provide with necessary means.

To provide or procure for future use; hence, to make; form; compound; manufacture.

In music: To lead up to by causing a dissonance to appear first as a consonance: as, the discord was carefully prepared. See preparation, 9.

To lead into (a tone or embellishment) by an appoggiatura or other prefatory tone or tones.

To make everything ready; put things in order beforehand.

To make one's self ready; equip one's self mentally or materially for future action.

To make all things ready; to put things in order. intransitive verb

To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures. intransitive verb

To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application transitive verb

To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide transitive verb

Preparation. noun

Preparation

Words that are spelled similarly to prepare:
prepare, pregare.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word prepare:
meals, careers, dishes, dish, meal, upcoming, invasion, exam, deployment, dinner, students, assault, preparation, examination, prepared, wedding, arrival, challenges.

Words that rhyme with prepare:
bear, care, air, flare, tear, fair, chair, wear, square, fare, share, despair, there, hair, bare, spare, aware, healthcare, pair, where, software, rare, dare, compare, welfare, flair, hare, swear, pear, ware, their, affair, repair, declare, ere, hardware, err, prayer, heir, impair, stare, mare, pare, bair, lair, glare, snare, daycare, scare, warfare, questionnaire, debonair, nowhere, faire, laissez faire, nightmare, mer, childcare, fanfare, dispair, forebear, beware, everywhere, health care, solitaire, aer, unfair, ensnare, extraordinaire, lare, malware, eyre, unaware, blare, stair, thoroughfare, claire, anywhere, threadbare, blair, clair, forswear, underwear, elsewhere, guerre, footwear, cookware, gare, cher, doctrinaire, armchair, medicare, mohair, millionaire, altair, terre, delaware, airfare, day care, earthenware.

Adjectives that are often used to describe prepare:
oral, exercise, stop, how, steamed, indicated, opposite, assignment, british, easy, public, select, come, asleep, optional, light, low, variable, random, test, white, longer, click, potassium, minor, one, mixed, why.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective prepare:
students, message, phase, statement, meals, food, foods, recipes, entries, target, method, accounts, sample, teachers, report, yourself, enrich, draft, children, ahead, record, curriculum, your, command, process, bake, request, standard, reports, template, fire, dish, barbecue, form, dishes, suspension, account, ledger, materials, talks, file, dinner, solution, journal, project, tion, nurses, drug, individuals, handler, grill, documents, meal, graduates, phonological, messages, step, tions, women, drawings, statements, mount, dna, debates, plans, lists, operation, die, inventory, sauce, patients, measure, recipe, program, solutions, dismount, payroll, now, senses, budget, dessert, workers, filling, breakfast, employees, sections, youth, drops, cards.

Words that sound like prepare:
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