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

1. 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 use of preparation.

Definition of prepare verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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, 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 like: to prepare a room, a speech.Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness.

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 prepare.

The meaning of PREPARE is to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity. How to use prepare in a sentence.

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 nuts is to rehydrate them by soaking overnight. [VERB noun]