prepare

verb

1. 1

   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

2. 2

   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

3. 3

   create by training and teaching

   The old master is training world-class violinists

   we develop the leaders for the future

4. 4

   arrange by systematic planning and united effort

   machinate a plot

   organize a strike

5. 5

   prepare for eating by applying heat

   Cook me dinner, please

   can you make me an omelette?

6. 6

   to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

   prepare a report

   prepare a speech

7. 7

   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

8. 8

   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