Verb
- 1. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set, change, alter, modify
- usage: 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"
- 2. cook, fix, ready, make, prepare, create from raw material, create from raw stuff
- usage: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
- 3. prepare, make, create
- usage: to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
- 4. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate, initiate, pioneer
- usage: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
- 5. prepare, groom, train, educate
- usage: 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"
- 6. train, develop, prepare, educate, teach, learn, instruct
- usage: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
- 7. prepare, sound
- usage: 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. train, prepare, learn, study, read, take
- usage: 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"
Adjective
- 1. prepared (vs. unprepared), braced, embattled, equipped, fitted out(predicate), oven-ready, preconditioned, precooked, processed, ready, spread, up(predicate), ready
- usage: made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"
- 2. disposed(predicate), fain, inclined(predicate), prepared, willing (vs. unwilling)
- usage: having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
- 3. prepared, equipped (vs. unequipped), equipt
- usage: equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources; "graduates well equipped to handle such problems"; "equipped to be a scholar"
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