Prepare - Definition

v 1: 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" [syn: fix,
prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set]
2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
prepare]
3: to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;
"prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
4: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the
director's office" [syn: organize, organise, prepare,
devise, get up, machinate]
5: 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"
[syn: prepare, groom, train]
6: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
future" [syn: train, develop, prepare, educate]
7: 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"
8: 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" [syn: train,
prepare]