Tra từ prepare - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

pre·pare [prepare prepares prepared preparing] BrE [prɪˈpeə(r)] NAmE [prɪˈper] verb
1. transitive to make sth or sb ready to be used or to do sth
•~ sth/sb to prepare a report
•~ sth/sb for sb/sth A hotel room is being prepared for them.
• The college prepares students for a career in business.
2. intransitive, transitive to make yourself ready to do sth or for sth that you expect to happen
• I had no time to prepare.
•~ for sth The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams.
•~ yourself (for sth) The police are preparing themselves for trouble at the demonstration.
•I had been preparing myself for this moment.
•Her condition is not improving as we hoped. You must prepare yourselves for the worst.
•~ to do sth I was preparing to leave.
•~ yourself to do sth The troops prepared themselves to go into battle.
3. transitive ~ sth to make food ready to be eaten
• He was in the kitchen preparing lunch.
4. transitive ~ sth (from sth) to make a medicine or chemical substance, for example by mixing other substances together
•remedies prepared from herbal extracts
Idiom: ↑prepare the ground
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English: from French préparer or Latin praeparare, from prae ‘before’ + parare ‘make ready’.

Thesaurus:
prepare verb
1. T
•You will need to prepare a report for the meeting.
draw sth up • • put sth together • • draft • |especially spoken get sb/sth ready •
prepare sth/draw sth up/put sth together/draft sth/get sth ready for sth
prepare/draw up/put together/draft a list/report/paper/plan/programme/strategy
prepare/draw up/draft a document/contract/budget/treaty/will
2. I, T
•I was preparing to leave.
especially spoken get ready • |formal provide for sth • |especially journalism gear (yourself) up •
prepare/get ready/provide/gear up for sth
prepare/get ready/gear up to do sth
prepare yourself /gear yourself up
3. T (especially written)
•The women were busy preparing the wedding feast.
make • • cook • • brew • |especially spoken get • |especially AmE fix •
prepare/make/brew sth from sth
prepare/cook/make/get/fix breakfast/lunch/dinner
prepare/cook/make a dish

Example Bank:
•How do you go about mentally preparing yourself for a project?
•I haven't had time to prepare my arguments properly.
•I was busily preparing a salad for the evening meal.
•Just prepare according to package directions.
•Penn needs to prepare for a medical school interview.
•The course is designed to prepare graduates for management careers.
•The family are preparing for the worst.
•The lectures were carefully prepared.
•We all set about preparing for the party.
•a meal that is very quick and easy to prepare
•a table full of specially prepared food
•the chicken casserole I had so lovingly prepared for her
•Her condition is not improving as we had hoped. You must prepare yourselves for the worst.
•I've asked her to prepare a report for the meeting.
•She had prepared a chicken casserole for dinner.
•The committee will prepare the ground for next month's meeting.
•The remedies are all prepared from wild flowers.
•The whole class is preparing for the exams.
•The women were busy preparing the wedding feast.
•to prepare students for exams