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1. prepare

   Synonyms:
   fit, adapt, qualify, ad, just, provide, arrange, order, lay, plan, equip, furnish, make ready

   Antonyms:
   misfit, misadapt, misprovide, derange, disarrange, demolish, subvert, disconcert

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1. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb

   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»

   Synonyms:
   localize, restore, organise, fructify, doctor, secure, cook, mend, touch on, launch, desex, jell, entrap, put, fixate, do, go under, congeal, effect, frame, place, fix, pay back, posit, install, set up, define, countersink, raise, lay, plant, coif, dress, ready, found, specify, mark, arrange, establish, correct, fasten, train, effectuate, bushel, develop, sterilise, unsex, sterilize, set, desexualise, devise, make, sic, gear up, limit, get, put together, situate, coiffe, deposit, tack, furbish up, machinate, repair, pose, pitch, position, assemble, piece, rear, put in, typeset, rig, instal, order, ensnare, determine, coiffure, groom, erect, go down, put up, educate, organize, pay off, desexualize, localise, get up, lay out, adjust, tack together

2. cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb

   prepare for eating by applying heat

   «Cook me dinner, please»; «can you make me an omelette?»; «fix breakfast for the guests, please»

   Synonyms:
   wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, desexualise, restore, construct, doctor, draw, stool, have, lay down, mend, piddle, hold, desex, piss, constitute, fudge, do, reach, earn, stimulate, get to, shit, fix, pay back, posit, name, falsify, fixate, define, make water, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, cook, gain, ready, defecate, establish, pee, realize, train, make up, specify, bushel, develop, sterilise, give, unsex, attain, relieve oneself, pull in, set, wee, induce, form, spend a penny, touch on, make, gear up, limit, fake, micturate, deposit, furbish up, take in, machinate, organise, repair, score, get, secure, build, situate, make believe, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, sterilize, set up, ca-ca, devise, misrepresent, determine, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, groom, educate, manipulate, organize, take a leak, fasten, pay off, desexualize, cause, urinate, get up, wangle, work, realise, seduce

3. prepareverb

   to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

   «prepare a report»; «prepare a speech»

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

4. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinateverb

   arrange by systematic planning and united effort

   «machinate a plot»; «organize a strike»; «devise a plan to take over the director’s office»

   Synonyms:
   conspire, excogitate, trick up, prink, drum, rise, ready, coordinate, stand up, bone up, fig up, mug up, cook, fancy up, fix, develop, elevate, uprise, get up, work up, gear up, organize, forge, unionize, tog up, grind away, lift, make, cram, arise, swot up, cabal, form, gussy up, bring up, attire, train, mastermind, invent, groom, overdress, deck up, complot, direct, raise, engineer, trick out, organise, bone, unionise, set up, turn out, swot, contrive, fig out, dress up, tog out, rig out, orchestrate, formulate, set, conjure, deck out, machinate, educate, devise

5. prepare, groom, trainverb

   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»

   Synonyms:
   rail, dress, coach, civilise, cook, fix, develop, get up, gear up, organize, take, civilize, make, aim, take aim, train, trail, groom, direct, discipline, organise, curry, ready, set up, school, neaten, cultivate, condition, set, machinate, educate, devise, check

6. train, develop, prepare, educateverb

   create by training and teaching

   «The old master is training world-class violinists»; «we develop the leaders for the future»

   Synonyms:
   rail, rise, originate, coach, get, build up, civilise, cook, fix, develop, uprise, get up, gear up, organize, take, recrudesce, civilize, make, arise, spring up, modernize, grow, take aim, train, evolve, trail, groom, aim, explicate, direct, organise, produce, germinate, ready, set up, school, discipline, modernise, make grow, cultivate, break, condition, formulate, set, machinate, educate, devise, acquire, check

7. prepareverb

   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»

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

8. train, prepareverb

   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»

   Synonyms:
   set up, aim, ready, educate, cook, cultivate, civilise, set, gear up, machinate, civilize, groom, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, check, condition, train, direct, coach, trail, devise, take, organize, get up, school, fix, make, organise

Matched Categories

1. • Educate
   • Learn
   • Make
   • Music
   • Sound

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prepareverb

   Synonyms:
   fit, adapt, equip, qualify

2. prepareverb

   Synonyms:
   provide, procure, get ready, put in order

3. prepareverb

   Synonyms:
   get ready, put things in order, set one’s house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps, clear the ground, clear the way, smooth the way, clear decks, clear for action, open the way, pave the way, sow the seed

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1. List of paraphrases for «prepare»:

   preparing, preparation, develop, prepared, prepares, establish, pave, prep, produce, elaborate, ready, write, compile, drafting, preparedness, formulate, devise, elaboration

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How to use prepare in a sentence?

1. Proverb:

   All authors should prepare to encounter criticism.

2. Raimondas Karoblis:

   Such deceitful news is almost a textbook example … so others should know that things like this are possible and they should prepare for them, there is now doubt that someone was preparing for such incidents and had various scenarios in place.

3. Christian Kuhn:

   When you have a long-term stay somewhere, you get tired of eating the same food on the road, this gives you that different option—there’s a home-like feel. You’re using fresh ingredients to prepare your own food and it’s not the same all the time.

4. Richard Williams:

   In order to be successful, you must prepare for the unexpected.

5. President Moon Jae-in on Sunday:

   The government will prepare for new daily lives and the new world order ‘post-COVID’ with the unified power of the citizens.

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• подго́твям се, подго́твям, приго́твямBulgarian
• připravit, chystatCzech
• tilberede, beredeDanish
• zubereiten, vorbereitenGerman
• προετοιμά, προετοιμάζωGreek
• pretigi, prepariEsperanto
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• valmistautua, valmistella, valmistaaFinnish
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• ullmhaighIrish
• הכין, התכונןHebrew
• तैयार करनाHindi
• felkészül, készül, előkészít, előkészül, elkészítHungarian
• պատրաստվել, պատրաստելArmenian
• preparare, prepararsiItalian
• 準備Japanese
• 마견하다, 준비하다Korean
• parōLatin
• gatavoties, gatavot, taisītLatvian
• taute, whakareri, takaMāori
• voorbereiden, preparerenDutch
• tilberedeNorwegian
• przygotowaćPolish
• fazer, [[preparar]]-[[se]], prepararPortuguese
• pregăti, preparaRomanian
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• прѝправити, prìpraviti, припре́мити, spremiti, priprémiti, priréditiSerbo-Croatian
• pripraviť, pripravovaťSlovak
• pripraviti, pripravljatiSlovene
• förberedaSwedish
• andaaSwahili
• sofra kurmak, hazırlamak, hazırlanmakTurkish
• готува́ти, підготува́ти, приготува́тиUkrainian
• تیار کرناUrdu
• chuẩn bịVietnamese
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