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Verb prepare has 8 senses
- fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set - 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"
--1 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
=> Somebody ----s
- cook, fix, ready, make, prepare - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
--2 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentence:
The chefs prepare the vegetables
- prepare - to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
--3 is one way to make, create
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
--4 is one way to initiate, pioneer
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- prepare, groom, train - prepare (someone) 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"
--5 is one way to educate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- train, develop, prepare, educate - create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
--6 is one way to teach, learn, instruct
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody
- prepare - 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"
--7 is one way to sound
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- train, prepare - 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"
--8 is one way to learn, study, read, take
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s to somebody
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