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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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. Phil Mickelson:

   It’s a unique opportunity because I’ve never won a U.S. Open. It’s in my backyard. I have a chance to prepare properly, and I wanted to put in the right work, so I’ve kind of shut off all the noise. I’ve shut off my phone. I’ve shut off a lot of the other stuff to where I can kind of focus in on this week.

2. Erik Ekdahl:

   We do not come to this decision easily, we are asking people to reduce their water use, and we recognize this can create hardships. However, it's imperative that we manage the water we still have carefully as we prepare for months, perhaps even years, of drought conditions.

3. Rob Ford:

   If someone in Cameron's brain trust had looked properly at how to prepare for a referendum and thought about what outcomes were most palatable to the largest number of voters, the campaign might have played put very differently, some of the damage from a polarizing campaign over a reductive and divisive binary question might have been avoided.

4. Omar Zain al-Abideen:

   We will not dictate anything to the people. We want to create an atmosphere to manage a peaceful dialogue, today, we will hold a dialogue with the political entities to prepare a climate for dialogue.

5. Francesco Branca:

   We can reduce sodium intake by deciding to add less salt to the food we prepare and by deciding to buy foods that contain less sodium, however, several public policies need to make this choice an easier one.