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prepare
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
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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!”
verb
Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
“She is training to be a teacher”
verb
Create by training and teaching
“The old master is training world-class violinists”
verb
Arrange by systematic planning and united effort
“Machinate a plot”
verb
Prepare for eating by applying heat
“Cook me dinner, please”
verb
To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
“Prepare a report”
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”
verb
Educate for a future role or function
“He is grooming his son to become his successor”
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Get the children ready for school!
Prepare for war
I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
She is training to be a teacher
He trained as a legal aid
The old master is training world-class violinists
We develop the leaders for the future
Machinate a plot
Organize a strike
Devise a plan to take over the director's office
Cook me dinner, please
Can you make me an omelette?
Fix breakfast for the guests, please
Prepare a report
Prepare a speech
Prepare the discord in bar 139
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
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