PREPARE meaning: Make ready or suitable beforehand

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word prepare:

General (25 matching dictionaries)

prepare: Merriam-Webster.com
prepare: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
prepare: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
prepare: Collins English Dictionary
prepare: Vocabulary.com
Prepare, prepare: Wordnik
prepare: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
prepare: Wiktionary
prepare: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
prepare: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
prepare: Infoplease Dictionary
Prepare, prepare: Dictionary.com
prepare: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
PREPARE, Prepare (SQL): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Prepare/, Prepare: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
prepare: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
prepare: Rhymezone
Prepare/, prepare: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
prepare: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
prepare: Free Dictionary
prepare: Mnemonic Dictionary
prepare: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
prepare: Dictionary/thesaurus

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

prepare: Legal dictionary
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Computing (1 matching dictionary)

prepare: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)

Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)
PREPARE: Acronym Finder
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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ verb:  (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) preparation

Similar:

set up, ready, develop, organize, devise, set, educate, make, fix, get up, more...

Opposite:

neglect, ignore, disregard, overlook, forget

Types:

cook, bake, grill, fry, saute, roast, steam, boil, microwave, more...

Phrases:

prepare for, prepare the ground, Django, Prepare a Coffin, prepare in advance, prepare to meditate, more...

Adjectives:

oral, exercise, stop, how, steamed, indicated, opposite, assignment, british, easy, public

Colors:

blue, green, yellow, orange, red, purple, white, gray, black, brown

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