Definition of prepare verb in oxford advanced learner's dictionary.
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The meaning of prepare is to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity.
How to use prepare in a sentence.
Idiom be prepared to do something (definition of prepare from the cambridge academic content dictionary © cambridge university press)
To prepare means to get ready for something.
When you prepare for a test, you'll get a better score than if you don't.
To put in proper condition or readiness.
See examples of prepare used in a sentence.
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.
On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare.
[verb noun] the crew of the iowa has been preparing the ship for storage.
[verb noun + for] if you prepare for an event or action.
Prepare, contrive, devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible.
To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the.