51³Ō¹Ļ

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prepare

[pri-pair]

verb (used with object)

prepared, preparing 
  1. to put in proper condition or readiness.

    to prepare a patient for surgery.

    Synonyms: , ,
    Antonyms:
  2. to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.

  3. to manufacture, compound, or compose.

    to prepare a cough syrup.

    Synonyms:
  4. Music.Ģżto lead up to (a discord, an embellishment, etc.) by some preliminary tone or tones.



verb (used without object)

prepared, preparing 
  1. to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready.

    to prepare for war.

prepare

/ ±č°łÉŖĖˆ±čɛə /

verb

  1. to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc

    to prepare a meal

    to prepare to go

  2. to put together using parts or ingredients; compose or construct

  3. (tr) to equip or outfit, as for an expedition

  4. (tr) music to soften the impact of (a dissonant note) by the use of preparation

  5. (foll by an infinitive) to be willing and able (to do something)

    I'm not prepared to reveal these figures

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Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms

  • preparer noun
  • reprepare verb (used with object)
  • unpreparing adjective
  • ±č°ł±šĖˆ±č²¹°ł±š°ł noun
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of prepare1

First recorded in 1520–30; from Latin ±č°ł²¹±š±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š ā€œto make ready beforehand,ā€ equivalent to prae- pre- + ±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š ā€œto set, get readyā€ (akin to parent )
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51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins

Origin of prepare1

C15: from Latin ±č°ł²¹±š±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š, from prae before + ±č²¹°łÄå°ł±š to make ready
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Synonym Study

Prepare, contrive, devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible. To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like: to prepare a room, a speech. Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness. The first word suggests a shrewdness that borders on trickery, but this is absent from devise : to contrive a means of escape; to devise a time-saving method.
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However, we are preparing a new Local Development Plan for West Lothian.

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For the first time in her life, she said, she has started to prepare for the idea of dying.

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The US and the UK have been preparing for the worst.

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India's 'Prince' may have chiselled, film star-like good looks, but he will be prepared to fight if the crown slips.

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She’s singing it — we’re singing it — which isn’t something I expected when preparing to talk with her again after we took a deep dive into the season finale of ā€œThe Last of Us.ā€

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