verb
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
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- Get the children ready for school!
- prepare for war
- I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
verb
prepare for eating by applying heat
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- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
verb
to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
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- prepare a report
- prepare a speech
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arrange by systematic planning and united effort
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- machinate a plot
- organize a strike
- devise a plan to take over the director's office
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educate for a future role or function
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- 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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create by training and teaching
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- The old master is training world-class violinists
- we develop the leaders for the future
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lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
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- prepare the discord in bar 139
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undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
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- She is training to be a teacher
- He trained as a legal aid