Synonyms for prepare
prɪˈpɛərpre·pare

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1. prepare

   Synonyms:
   fit, adapt, qualify, ad, just, provide, arrange, order, lay, plan, equip, furnish, make ready

   Antonyms:
   misfit, misadapt, misprovide, derange, disarrange, demolish, subvert, disconcert

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1. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   localize, restore, organise, fructify, doctor, secure, cook, mend, touch on, launch, desex, jell, entrap, put, fixate, do, go under, congeal, effect, frame, place, fix, pay back, posit, install, set up, define, countersink, raise, lay, plant, coif, dress, ready, found, specify, mark, arrange, establish, correct, fasten, train, effectuate, bushel, develop, sterilise, unsex, sterilize, set, desexualise, devise, make, sic, gear up, limit, get, put together, situate, coiffe, deposit, tack, furbish up, machinate, repair, pose, pitch, position, assemble, piece, rear, put in, typeset, rig, instal, order, ensnare, determine, coiffure, groom, erect, go down, put up, educate, organize, pay off, desexualize, localise, get up, lay out, adjust, tack together

2. cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb

   prepare for eating by applying heat

   "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

   Synonyms:
   wee-wee, take, hit, bring in, desexualise, restore, construct, doctor, draw, stool, have, lay down, mend, piddle, hold, desex, piss, constitute, fudge, do, reach, earn, stimulate, get to, shit, fix, pay back, posit, name, falsify, fixate, define, make water, progress to, create, crap, take a shit, pretend, cook, gain, ready, defecate, establish, pee, realize, train, make up, specify, bushel, develop, sterilise, give, unsex, attain, relieve oneself, pull in, set, wee, induce, form, spend a penny, touch on, make, gear up, limit, fake, micturate, deposit, furbish up, take in, machinate, organise, repair, score, get, secure, build, situate, make believe, throw, pass water, arrive at, pee-pee, sterilize, set up, ca-ca, devise, misrepresent, determine, puddle, take a crap, clear, produce, nominate, groom, educate, manipulate, organize, take a leak, fasten, pay off, desexualize, cause, urinate, get up, wangle, work, realise, seduce

3. prepareverb

   to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

   "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"

   Synonyms:
   devise, organize, set, develop, organise, make, educate, ready, cook, train, get up, set up, fix, machinate, groom, gear up

4. organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinateverb

   arrange by systematic planning and united effort

   "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

   Synonyms:
   conspire, excogitate, trick up, prink, drum, rise, ready, coordinate, stand up, bone up, fig up, mug up, cook, fancy up, fix, develop, elevate, uprise, get up, work up, gear up, organize, forge, unionize, tog up, grind away, lift, make, cram, arise, swot up, cabal, form, gussy up, bring up, attire, train, mastermind, invent, groom, overdress, deck up, complot, direct, raise, engineer, trick out, organise, bone, unionise, set up, turn out, swot, contrive, fig out, dress up, tog out, rig out, orchestrate, formulate, set, conjure, deck out, machinate, educate, devise

5. prepare, groom, trainverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   rail, dress, coach, civilise, cook, fix, develop, get up, gear up, organize, take, civilize, make, aim, take aim, train, trail, groom, direct, discipline, organise, curry, ready, set up, school, neaten, cultivate, condition, set, machinate, educate, devise, check

6. train, develop, prepare, educateverb

   create by training and teaching

   "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"

   Synonyms:
   rail, rise, originate, coach, get, build up, civilise, cook, fix, develop, uprise, get up, gear up, organize, take, recrudesce, civilize, make, arise, spring up, modernize, grow, take aim, train, evolve, trail, groom, aim, explicate, direct, organise, produce, germinate, ready, set up, school, discipline, modernise, make grow, cultivate, break, condition, formulate, set, machinate, educate, devise, acquire, check

7. prepareverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   devise, organize, set, develop, organise, make, educate, ready, cook, train, get up, set up, fix, machinate, groom, gear up

8. train, prepareverb

   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"

   Synonyms:
   set up, aim, ready, educate, cook, cultivate, civilise, set, gear up, machinate, civilize, groom, develop, discipline, take aim, rail, check, condition, train, direct, coach, trail, devise, take, organize, get up, school, fix, make, organise

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1. • Educate
   • Learn
   • Make
   • Music
   • Sound

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   Submitted by rinat on August 14, 2019  

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1. prepareverb

   Synonyms:
   fit, adapt, equip, qualify

2. prepareverb

   Synonyms:
   provide, procure, get ready, put in order

3. prepareverb

   Synonyms:
   get ready, put things in order, set one's house in order, make arrangements, make provision, take steps, clear the ground, clear the way, smooth the way, clear decks, clear for action, open the way, pave the way, sow the seed

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1. List of paraphrases for "prepare":

   preparing, preparation, develop, prepared, prepares, establish, pave, prep, produce, elaborate, ready, write, compile, drafting, preparedness, formulate, devise, elaboration

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1. Cary Fowler:

   All the major causes of the food crisis are still with us — conflict, Covid, climate change, high fuel prices, i do think we have to prepare for 2023 being a rough year.

2. Robert Bennett:

   Hes going to need more people workhorses to analyze all the evidence and to prepare factual legal defenses, a top-flight lawyer with a top-flight reputation would not want to take the chance of being fired or criticized publicly. Somebody with an established reputation would not want to take that chance.

3. Lisa Calderon:

   Debbie knows the consequences of speaking up. Unfortunately, nothing can prepare you for the circus -- this is political circus that's happening.

4. Jesse Mecham:

   My biggest budgeting challenge before developing You Need a Budget was dealing with an irregular income, but YNAB teaches you to budget only the money you have on hand, so it becomes much more manageable. And now I prepare for large, less frequent expenses (like vacations!) by spreading them out as monthly costs, saving a lot of stress.

5. John Kennedy:

   I prepare a long time for a Supreme Court hearing, and I've got a file this thick on, mostly handwritten notes, and I need plenty of time to prepare. I need time to research background. I need time to research cases.