prepare
1. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc (Freq. 45)
- Get the children ready for school!
- prepare for war
- I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
• Syn:
fix, set up, ready, gear up, set
• Derivationally related forms:
set (for: set), ready (for: ready), readying (for: ready), preparative, preparatory, preparation
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
socialize, socialise, provide, cram, precondition,
fix, mount, set up, lay out, set, winterize,
winterise, summerize, summerise, prime, cultivate, crop,
work, brace, poise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s (for: gear up)
- Somebody ----s
2. prepare for eating by applying heat (Freq. 15)
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
• Syn:
cook, fix, ready, make
• Derivationally related forms:
preparation, cook (for: cook), cooker (for: cook), cooking (for: cook), cookery (for: cook)
• Hypernyms:
create from raw material, create from raw stuff
• Hyponyms:
preserve, keep, dress, dress out, deglaze,
scallop, escallop, flambe, put on, devil, precook,
whip up, whomp up, concoct, cook up, lard
• Verb Group:
make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs prepare the vegetables
3. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery (Freq. 8)
- prepare a report
- prepare a speech
• Hypernyms:
make, create
• Hyponyms:
rough in, rough, rough out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. arrange by systematic planning and united effort (Freq. 8)
- machinate a plot
- organize a strike
- devise a plan to take over the director's office
• Syn:
organize, organise, devise, get up, machinate
• Derivationally related forms:
machination (for: machinate), deviser (for: devise), devising (for: devise), preparative, organisation (for: organise), organization (for: organize)
• Hypernyms:
initiate, pioneer
• Hyponyms:
mount, put on, lay, set up, sandwich,
spatchcock, embattle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. educate for a future role or function (Freq. 5)
- 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:
groom, train
• Derivationally related forms:
trainee (for: train), trainer (for: train), training (for: train), grooming (for: groom), preparative, preparatory, preparation
• Hypernyms:
educate
• Hyponyms:
qualify, dispose
• Verb Group:
train, develop, educate, discipline, check, condition
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
6. create by training and teaching (Freq. 2)
- The old master is training world-class violinists
- we develop the leaders for the future
• Syn:
train, develop, educate
• Derivationally related forms:
educative (for: educate), education (for: educate), preparatory, preparation, trainee (for: train), trainer (for: train), training (for: train)
• Hypernyms:
teach, learn, instruct
• Hyponyms:
retrain, drill, housebreak, house-train, toilet-train
• Verb Group:
train, groom, build up, develop
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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
• Derivationally related forms:
preparation
• Topics:
music
• Hypernyms:
sound
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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
• Derivationally related forms:
preparatory, preparation, trainee (for: train)
• Hypernyms:
learn, study, read, take
• Hyponyms:
apprentice, retrain, drill
• Verb Group:
train, develop, educate, groom
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s to somebody
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