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[ verb ] make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Examples "Get the children ready for school!" "prepare for war" "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution...)Emory_University 's Board_of_Trustees announced Friday that it was prepared to accept students of any race as soon as the state 's tax laws made such a step possible . ("National Affairs"...)Armed with the Nixon opinion , the Senate liberals rounded_up their slim majority and prepared to choke_off debate on the filibuster battle this week . (Robert Wallace, "This Is the Way It Came About"...)They lacked time to prepare the Congo , as the_British and French had prepared their colonies . They lacked time to prepare the Congo , as the_British and French had prepared their colonies . (The New York Times,...)The Twenty-second Soviet Communist_Party Congress opens in Moscow today in a situation contrasting sharply with the script prepared many months ago when this meeting was first announced . |
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[ verb ] (food) prepare for eating by applying heat
Examples "Cook me dinner, please" "can you make me an omelette?" "fix breakfast for the guests, please" Used in print (Sports Age, 24:9...)Because they prepare their own meals they also keep in their pockets a good portion of that $ 10.50 food bill along with most_of the tip money . |
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[ verb ] arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Examples "machinate a plot" "organize a strike" "devise a plan to take over the director's office" Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)SEATO was steamed up and prepared contingency plans for coping_with the military losses in Laos . (Saturday Review, 44: 15...)In_addition to the interlibrary loan service and the children 's program , headquarters has a public_relations director who seeks to get wider grassroots support for quality library service in the county ; it prepares cooperative displays ( posters , booklists , brochures , and other promotional_material ) for use in member libraries ; it maintains a central exhibit collection to share displays already created and used ; and it publishes Sum and Substance , a monthly newsletter , which reports the system 's activities to the staffs and trustees of member libraries . (Newark Evening News...)The trustees will prepare an annual budget for the college and submit it to the board of school estimate . (Julia Newman, "Travel and Camera USA"...)For this reason , U._S._Camera has prepared this special U._S._A. vacation feature . (Rhode Island Development Council. Annual Report 1960....)In preparing the state guide plan , particular attention will be given means of strengthening the economy of the state through the development of industry and recreation . Related terms initiate lay set_up spatchcock mount sandwich organization constitution organization intrigue |
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[ verb ] to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
Examples "prepare a report" "prepare a speech" Used in print (Francis J. Johnston and John E. Willard, "The...)It should be possible to prepare very pure chlorine by oxidation of inorganic chlorides on a vacuum system followed by multiple distillation of the liquid . Contrary to these expectations we have found it impossible to obtain the degree of reproducibility one would wish , even with extensive efforts to prepare especially pure reagents . (J. F. Vedder, "Micrometeorites", in Francis S. J...)A summary of meteorite data , prepared by Whipple ( 1958 ) on the basis of photographic , visual , and radar evidence , is given in Table 5 - 1 . |
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[ verb ] (education) prepare (someone) for a future role or function
Examples "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" Used in print (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)If the dance teachers of America make it their business to prepare their young charges for the gymnastics that must come some_day if our schools are really responsible , we will be that_much ahead . They should know simple exercises that could prepare less fortunate children for the sports we will demand be taught . These are beginnings , but correctly learned they prepare for satisfying and exciting stunts that can be performed by a strong , flexible body ( we are not talking of eccentric extremes ) . |
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[ verb ] (education) create by training and teaching
Examples "The old master is training world-class violinists "we develop the leaders for the future" Used in print (Grants-in-Aid and Other Financial Assistance...)To assist the States , therefore , in rehabilitating handicapped individuals , `` so that they may prepare for and engage in remunerative employment to the extent of their capabilities '' , the 83_rd_Congress enacted the Vocational_Rehabilitation_Amendments_of_1954 ( P._L. 565 ) . |
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[ verb ] (food) make suitable for eating; of foods
Used in print (Robert L. Duncan, The Voice of Strangers....)When he had given the call a_few moments thought , he went_into the kitchen to ask Mrs._Yamata to prepare tea and sushi for the visitors , using the formal English china and the silver tea_service which had been donated to the mission , then he went outside to inspect the grounds . |
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