prepare
To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
Verb 4 meanings
To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
“We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.”
To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
“We prepared a fish for dinner.”
To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
“We prepared for a bumpy ride.”
To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
“She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.”
Etymology
Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).
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PREPARE at a glance
PREPARE has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + E 1 + P 3 + A 1 + R 1 + E 1) and 13 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,694 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with prepare
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