prepare

Verb
  1. Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc (synset 200407168)
    "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    subtypes:
    • socialise, socialize - prepare for social life
    • provide - take measures in preparation for
    • cram - prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam
    • precondition - put into the required condition beforehand
    • fix - kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study
    • mount - fix onto a backing, setting, or support
    • lay out, set, set up - get ready for a particular purpose or event
    • winterise, winterize - prepare for winter
    • summerise, summerize - prepare for summer
    • prime - insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing
    • crop, cultivate, work - prepare for crops
    • brace, poise - prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult
    same as: fix, gear up, ready, set, set up
  2. Prepare for eating by applying heat (synset 201668067)
    "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
    is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
    subtypes:
    • keep, preserve - prevent (food) from rotting
    • dress, dress out - kill and prepare for market or consumption
    • deglaze - dissolve cooking juices or solid food in (a pan) by adding liquid and stirring
    • escallop, scallop - bake in a sauce, milk, etc., often with breadcrumbs on top
    • flambe - pour liquor over and ignite (a dish)
    • put on - put on the stove or ready for cooking
    • devil - coat or stuff with a spicy paste
    • precook - cook beforehand so that the actual preparation won't take long
    • whip up, whomp up - prepare or cook quickly or hastily
    • concoct, cook up - prepare or cook by mixing ingredients
    • lard - prepare or cook with lard
    same as: cook, fix, make, ready
    verb group: make - gather and light the materials for
  3. To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery (synset 201758079)
    "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
    is a type of: create, make - make or cause to be or to become
    subtypes: rough, rough in, rough out - prepare in preliminary or sketchy form
  4. Arrange by systematic planning and united effort (synset 201654986)
    "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
    is a type of: initiate, pioneer - take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
    subtypes:
    • mount, put on - prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance
    • lay - prepare or position for action or operation
    • set up - begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.
    • sandwich - make into a sandwich
    • spatchcock - prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock
    • embattle - prepare for battle or conflict
    same as: devise, get up, machinate, organise, organize
  5. Educate for a future role or function (synset 202392176)
    "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"
    is a type of: educate - give an education to
    subtypes: dispose, qualify - make fit or prepared
    same as: groom, train
    verb group:
  6. Create by training and teaching (synset 200604693)
    "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
    is a type of: instruct, learn, teach - impart skills or knowledge to
    subtypes:
    same as: develop, educate, train
    verb group:
    • build up, develop - change the use of and make available or usable
    • prepare, train - undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
    • groom, prepare, train - educate for a future role or function
  7. Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord (synset 202184359)
    "prepare the discord in bar 139"
    referred to in: music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner
    is a type of: sound - cause to sound
  8. Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession (synset 200604200)
    "She is training to be a teacher"; "He trained as a legal aid"
    is a type of: learn, read, study, take - be a student of a certain subject
    subtypes:
    • apprentice - be or work as an apprentice
    • retrain - train again
    • drill - undergo military training or do military exercises
    same as: train
    verb group:

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