prepare
verb
pre·pare
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prepared;
preparing
Definition of prepare
1a
: to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity
prepare food for dinner
b
: to put in a proper state of mind
is prepared to listen
2
: to work out the details of : plan in advance
preparing a campaign strategy
3a
: to put together : compound
prepare a prescription
b
: to put into written form
prepare a report
: to get ready
preparing for a career
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Examples of prepare in a Sentence
The teacher prepared the students for the test.
Your room is being prepared now and should be ready soon.
The nurses prepared the patient for surgery.
Farmers are busy preparing the soil for planting.
They'll be arriving soon. We don't have much more time to prepare.
We don't have much more time to prepare ourselves for their arrival.
She tried to prepare herself for bad news.
The sailors are preparing themselves for a long voyage.
The pharmacist prepared the prescription.
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Still, no one was prepared for the spiritual journey Rose would give attendees at the final installment of The Broad’s Black Fire Sessions, which celebrates their Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 exhibit. — Brad Wete, Billboard, "Jimetta Rose and More Bring Soul to The Broad Museum's Black Fire Sessions Finale," 24 Aug. 2019 Every kicker must be prepared for success and failure. — Los Angeles Times, "The Sports Report: The Dodgers do it again," 23 Aug. 2019 The government is prepared for the long haul and won’t relax its grip. — Riyaz Wani, Quartz India, "After three weeks of lockdown, this is what Kashmir looks like," 22 Aug. 2019 Not a single Rohingya boarded the five buses and two trucks that were prepared on Thursday to transfer them over the border to Myanmar. — New York Times, "Massacred at Home, in Misery Abroad, 730,000 Rohingya Are Mired in Hopelessness," 22 Aug. 2019 As grunge issued a culture-wide call to bond over psychic wounds by comparing calluses, Tool responded with gnarlier body-and-soul horror than many were prepared for. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Why Tool Could Be More Relevant Today Than Ever Before," 21 Aug. 2019 Music packets are prepared in advance, so women interested in joining the group are asked to contact Ki Park at (818) 720-6465 or Sharon Schlarb at (626) 403-5622 so enough sheet music will be made available. — La Cañada Valley Sun, "La Cañada area events," 20 Aug. 2019 When Tyler asked a server for more detail on how the dish was prepared, his suspicions were confirmed: the restaurant readily owned up to outsourcing its chicken-frying to the national chain. — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, "The Popeyes Chicken Sandwich Is Here to Save America," 20 Aug. 2019 The event was carefully prepared down to the last detail. — National Geographic, "In 897, the corpse of a pope was exhumed—to be put on trial.," 20 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'prepare.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for prepare
prepare
verb
English Language Learners Definition of prepare
: to make (someone or something) ready for some activity, purpose, use, etc.
: to make yourself ready for something that you will be doing, something that you expect to happen, etc.
: to make or create (something) so that it is ready for use
See the full definition for prepare in the English Language Learners Dictionary
prepare
verb
pre·pare
| \ pri-ˈper
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prepared;
preparing
Kids Definition of prepare
1
: to make or get ready beforehand
I have to prepare for a test. Farmers prepare the soil for planting.
2
: to put together the elements of
prepare dinner
prepare
transitive verb
pre·pare
| \ pri-ˈpa(ə)r, -ˈpe(ə)r
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prepared;
preparing
Medical Definition of prepare
1
: to make ready beforehand
prepare a patient for surgery
2
: to put together : compound
prepared a vaccine from live virus prepared the doctor's prescription
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