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

1. past tense & past participle. of Prepare
2. transitive 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.
3. transitive 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.
4. intransitive verb. To make all things ready; to put things in order; as, to prepare for a hostile invasion.
5. intransitive verb. To make one's self ready; to get ready; to take the necessary previous measures; as, to prepare for death.
6. noun. Preparation.
7. verb. 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"

   Synonyms: fix, ready, set

8. verb. 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: train

9. verb. create by training and teaching

   "The old master is training world-class violinists"

   "we develop the leaders for the future"

   Synonyms: develop, educate, train

10. verb. arrange by systematic planning and united effort

    "machinate a plot"

    "organize a strike"

    Synonyms: devise, machinate, organise, organize

11. verb. prepare for eating by applying heat

    "Cook me dinner, please"

    "can you make me an omelette?"

    Synonyms: cook, fix, make, ready

12. verb. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

    "prepare a report"

    "prepare a speech"

13. verb. 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"

14. verb. 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"

    Synonyms: groom, train

Synonyms

fix, ready, set, train, develop, educate, devise, machinate, organise, organize, cook, make, groom

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in prepare:

paperer, perpera, repaper

Common word forms

prepared, preparer, prepares, preparing, preparement

Words from these letters

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