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Meaning of prepare

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  prepare
      v 1: 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"; "I was fixing to
           leave town after I paid the hotel bill" [syn: {fix},
           {prepare}, {set up}, {ready}, {gear up}, {set}]
      2: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
         please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
         the guests, please" [syn: {cook}, {fix}, {ready}, {make},
         {prepare}]
      3: to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;
         "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
      4: arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate
         a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the
         director's office" [syn: {organize}, {organise}, {prepare},
         {devise}, {get up}, {machinate}]
      5: 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"; "They trained him to be a warrior"
         [syn: {prepare}, {groom}, {train}]
      6: create by training and teaching; "The old master is training
         world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the
         future" [syn: {train}, {develop}, {prepare}, {educate}]
      7: 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"
      8: 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" [syn: {train},
         {prepare}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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