preparatory
— Adjective
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~ preceding and preparing for something; "preparatory steps"
prepare for
— Verb
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~ prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant
prepare
— Verb
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~ 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"
prepare
— Verb
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~ 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"
prepare
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~ create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
prepare
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~ arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
prepare
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~ to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
prepare
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~ 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"
prepare
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~ 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"
prepare
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~ prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
prepared
— Adjective
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~ equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources; "graduates well equipped to handle such problems"; "equipped to be a scholar"
prepared
— Adjective
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~ made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"
prepared
— Adjective
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~ having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"
preparedness
— Noun
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~ the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action); "putting them in readiness"; "their preparation was more than adequate"
prepay
— Verb
– English
~ pay for something before receiving it