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.

PREPARE definition: to put in proper condition or readiness. See examples of prepare used in a sentence.

  • to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc: to prepare a meal; to prepare to go. 4. (Music, other) (tr) music to soften the impact of (a dissonant note) by the …
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    Definition of prepare verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

    If you prepare something, you make it ready for something that is going to happen. Two technicians were preparing a recording of last week's program. On average each report requires 1,000 hours to …

    When you prepare food, you get it ready to be eaten, for example by cooking it. She made her way to the kitchen, hoping to find someone preparing dinner. [VERB noun] The best way of preparing the …

    She prepared [= made] dinner. Prepare a salad. He prepared [= wrote] a report for his boss. The pharmacist prepared the prescription.

    Idiom be prepared to do something (Definition of prepare from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Β© Cambridge University Press)

      She prepared [= made] dinner. Prepare a salad. He prepared [= wrote] a report for his boss. The pharmacist prepared the prescription.

      Idiom be prepared to do something (Definition of prepare from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary Β© Cambridge University Press)

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