· 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"

Synonym(s): fix, set_up, ready, gear_up, set

Hypernym(s): change, alter, modify

· prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

Synonym(s): cook, fix, ready, make

Hypernym(s): create_from_raw_material, create_from_raw_stuff

· to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

Hypernym(s): make, create

· arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

Synonym(s): organize, organise, devise, get_up, machinate

Hypernym(s): initiate, pioneer

· 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"

Synonym(s): groom, train

Hypernym(s): educate

· create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

Synonym(s): train, develop, educate

Hypernym(s): teach, learn, instruct

· 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"

Hypernym(s): sound

· 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"

Synonym(s): train

Hypernym(s): learn, study, read, take

· made ready or fit or suitable beforehand; "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"

Antonym(s): unprepared

· having made preparations; "prepared to take risks"

Synonym(s): disposed, fain, inclined

· equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources; "graduates well equipped to handle such problems"; "equipped to be a scholar"