| VERB | change | prepare, fix, set up, ready, gear up, set | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
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| creation | prepare, cook, fix, ready, make | prepare for eating by applying heat | |
| creation | prepare | to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery | |
| creation | prepare, organize, organise, devise, get up, machinate | arrange by systematic planning and united effort | |
| social | prepare, groom, train | educate for a future role or function | |
| cognition | prepare, train, develop, educate | create by training and teaching | |
| perception | prepare | lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord | |
| cognition | prepare, train | undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession |
| Sounds | priypeh'r | |
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| Rhymes | affair ... wheelchair: 116 rhymes with ehr... | |
| Meaning | make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "prepare for war" | |
| Synonyms | fix, set up, ready, gear up, set | |
| Narrower | brace, poise | Prepare (oneself) for something unpleasant or difficult |
| cram | Prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam | |
| cultivate, crop, work | Prepare for crops | |
| fix | kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study | |
| mount | Fix onto a backing, setting, or support | |
| precondition | put into the required condition beforehand | |
| prime | insert / insert a primer into (a gun / gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing | |
| provide | Take measures in preparation for | |
| set up, lay out, set | Get ready for a particular purpose or event | |
| socialize, socialise | Prepare for social life | |
| summerize, summerise | Prepare for summer | |
| winterize, winterise | Prepare for winter | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | acondicionar, aprestarse, aprestar, disponerse, disponer, prepararse, preparar | |
| Catalan | aprestar, disposar-se, preparar-se, preparar | |
| Adjectives | preparatory, preparative | preceding and preparing for something |
| Nouns | preparation | the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose |
| preparation | the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action) | |
| Meaning | To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | rough in, rough, rough out | Prepare in preliminary or sketchy form |
| Broader | make, create | make or cause to be or to become |
| Spanish | preparar | |
| Catalan | preparar | |
| Meaning | Arrange by systematic planning and united effort. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | organize, organise, devise, get up, machinate | |
| Narrower | embattle | Prepare for battle or conflict |
| lay | Prepare or position for action or operation | |
| mount, put on | Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance | |
| sandwich | make into a sandwich | |
| set up | Begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc. | |
| spatchcock | Prepare for eating if or as if a spatchcock | |
| Broader | initiate, pioneer | Take the lead or initiative in |
| Spanish | articular, coordinar, idear, organizar, preparar | |
| Catalan | articular, coordinar, idear, organitzar, preparar | |
| Adjectives | preparative | preceding and preparing for something |
| Meaning | Educate for a future role or function. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The prince was prepared to become King one day" | |
| Synonyms | groom, train | |
| Narrower | qualify, dispose | make fit or prepared |
| Broader | educate | Give an education to |
| Similar to | discipline, train, check, condition | Develop (children's) behavior by instruction and practice |
| train, prepare | Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | |
| train, develop, prepare, educate | create by training and teaching | |
| Spanish | capacitar, educar, entrenar, preparar | |
| Catalan | capacitar, educar, entrenar, preparar | |
| Adjectives | preparatory, preparative | preceding and preparing for something |
| Nouns | preparation | activity leading to skilled behavior |
| Meaning | create by training and teaching. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | train, develop, educate | |
| Narrower | drill | train in the military, e.g., in the use of weapons |
| housebreak, house-train | train (a pet) to live cleanly in a house | |
| retrain | teach new skills | |
| toilet-train | train (a small child) to use the toilet | |
| Broader | teach, learn, instruct | Impart skills or knowledge to |
| Similar to | build up, develop | change the use of and make available or usable |
| prepare, groom, train | Educate for a future role or function | |
| train, prepare | Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession | |
| Spanish | adiestrar, amaestrar, capacitar, educar, entrenar, formar, industriar, preparar | |
| Catalan | capacitar, educar, ensinistrar, entrenar, formar, instruir | |
| Adjectives | preparatory | preceding and preparing for something |
| Nouns | preparation | activity leading to skilled behavior |
| Meaning | Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "prepare the discord in bar 139" | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Broader | sound | Cause to sound |
| Nouns | preparation | (music) a note that produces a dissonant chord is first heard in a consonant chord |
| Meaning | Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s to somebody | |
| Synonym | train | |
| Narrower | apprentice | Be or work as an apprentice |
| drill | Undergo military training or do military exercises | |
| retrain | train again | |
| Broader | learn, study, read, take | Be a student of a certain subject |
| Similar to | prepare, groom, train | Educate for a future role or function |
| train, develop, prepare, educate | create by training and teaching | |
| Spanish | entrenarse, prepararse | |
| Catalan | entrenar-se, preparar-se | |
| Adjectives | preparatory | preceding and preparing for something |
| Nouns | preparation | preparatory school work done outside school / school (especially at home) |
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