Dictionary Entry
prepare
prepare is a 7-letter English word with 14 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Prepare. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 13 · 14 senses
Definitions
- 1past tense & past participle
of Prepare
- 2transitive verb
To fit, adapt, or qualify for a particular purpose or condition; to make ready; to put into a state for use or application; as, to prepare ground for seed; to prepare a lesson.
- 3transitive verb
To procure as suitable or necessary; to get ready; to provide; as, to prepare ammunition and provisions for troops; to prepare ships for defence; to prepare an entertainment.
- 4intransitive verb
To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.
- 5intransitive verb
To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
- 6noun
Preparation.
- 7verb
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"
- 8verb
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"
Synonyms
- 9verb
create by training and teaching
"The old master is training world-class violinists"
"we develop the leaders for the future"
- 10verb
arrange by systematic planning and united effort
"machinate a plot"
"organize a strike"
- 11verb
prepare for eating by applying heat
"Cook me dinner, please"
"can you make me an omelette?"
- 12verb
to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
"prepare a report"
"prepare a speech"
- 13verb
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"
- 14verb
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"
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