prepare
pronunciation
How to pronounce prepare in British English:
UK [prɪˈpeə(r)]
How to pronounce prepare in American English:
US [prɪˈper]
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- Verb:
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
- prepare for eating by applying heat
- to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
- arrange by systematic planning and united effort
- prepare (someone) for a future role or function
- 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
- undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
Word Origin
- prepare
- prepare: [15] Latin parāre ‘make ready’ lies behind a wide range of English words, from apparatus and apparel to emperor and separate. It combined with the prefix prae- ‘before’ to produce praeparāre ‘make ready in advance’, adopted into English via Old French preparer.=> apparatus, apparel, emperor, separate
- prepare (v.)
- mid-15c., a back formation from preparation and in part from Middle French preparer (14c.), from Latin praeparare "make ready beforehand" (see preparation). Related: Prepared; preparing. Be prepared as the Boy Scouts' motto is attested from 1911.
Example
- 1. Prepare to hit the restroom .
- 2. Has anything been done to prepare for future food shocks ?
- 3. But his personal mission is to prepare himself as a candidate .
- 4. But this was real there were dangers to address and it took many months to prepare .
- 5. We prepare handmade loaves with only natural ingredients .