prepare

Meanings

• make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
  • "prepare for war"
• prepare for eating by applying heat
• to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
  • "prepare a report"
  • "prepare a speech"
• arrange by systematic planning and united effort
• educate for a future role or function
  • "The prince was prepared to become King one day"
• create by training and teaching
• 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"
• undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession

Synonyms

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