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Audio Help [pri-pair] Pronunciation Key verb, -pared, -par·ing.
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Audio Help [pri-pair] Pronunciation Key verb, -pared, -par·ing. –verb (used with object)
–verb (used without object)
| 1. | to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery. |
| 2. | to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc. |
| 3. | to manufacture, compound, or compose: to prepare a cough syrup. |
| 4. | Music. to lead up to (a discord, an embellishment, etc.) by some preliminary tone or tones. |
| 5. | to put things or oneself in readiness; get ready: to prepare for war. |
[Origin: 1520–30; < L praeparāre to make ready beforehand, equiv. to prae- pre- + parāre to set, get ready (akin to parent)
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pre·par·er, noun
—Synonyms 1. provide, arrange, order. Prepare, contrive, devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible. To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like: to prepare a room, a speech. Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness. The first word suggests a shrewdness that borders on trickery, but this is absent from devise: to contrive a means of escape; to devise a time-saving method. 3. make.
—Antonyms 1. disorganize.
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