verb
1. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
e.g. Get the children ready for school!
prepare for war
I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Synonym: fixset upreadygear upset
2. undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
e.g. She is training to be a teacher
He trained as a legal aid
Synonym: train
3. create by training and teaching
e.g. The old master is training world-class violinists
we develop the leaders for the future
Synonym: traindevelopeducate
4. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
e.g. machinate a plot
organize a strike
devise a plan to take over the director's office
Synonym: organizeorganisedeviseget upmachinate
5. prepare for eating by applying heat
e.g. Cook me dinner, please
can you make me an omelette?
fix breakfast for the guests, please
Synonym: cookfixreadymake
6. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
e.g. prepare a report
prepare a speech
7. lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
e.g. prepare the discord in bar 139
8. educate for a future role or function
e.g. 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: groomtrain