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prepare definition

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This page has 15 definitions of prepare with English translations in 5 languages. Prepare is a verb and noun. Examples of how to use prepare in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

See also: prépare, préparé, and preparé

English prepare definition

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”).

Pronunciation

Verb

prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)

  1. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
    We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.
  2. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
    We prepared a fish for dinner.
  3. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess‎[1]:
      As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
    We prepared for a bumpy ride.
  4. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
    She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.

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  • if you want peace, prepare for war (proverb)

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Noun

prepare

  1. (obsolete) preparation

Anagrams

Haitian Creole prepare definition

Etymology

From French préparer (“prepare”), from Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”).

Verb

prepare

  1. prepare

Portuguese prepare definition

Verb

prepare

  1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of preparar
  2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of preparar
  3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of preparar
  4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of preparar

Romanian prepare definition

Pronunciation

Verb

prepare

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of prepara

Spanish prepare definition

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈpaɾe/, [pɾeˈpa.ɾe]

Verb

prepare

  1. inflection of preparar:
    1. first-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative
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