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    • prepare :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

    • prepare :prepare for eating by applying heat
      • Cook me dinner, please|can you make me an omelette?|fix breakfast for the guests, please

    • prepare :to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
      • prepare a report|prepare a speech

    • prepare :arrange by systematic planning and united effort
      • machinate a plot|organize a strike|devise a plan to take over the director's office

    • prepare :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

    • prepare :create by training and teaching
      • The old master is training world-class violinists|we develop the leaders for the future

    • prepare :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

    • prepare :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

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