prepare

• "Get the children ready for school!"
• "prepare for war"
• "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

Synonyms

• fixinformal terms for a difficult situation; something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; the act of putting something in working order again ; an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; a determination of the place where something is; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; cause to be firmly attached; decide upon or fix definitely; prepare for eating by applying heat; take vengeance on or get even; set or place definitely; kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study ; make fixed, stable or stationary; make infertile; influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; put (something somewhere) firmly; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• set upset up or found; create by putting components or members together; construct, build, or erect; get ready for a particular purpose or event; put into a proper or systematic order; begin, or enable someone else to begin, a venture by providing the means, logistics, etc.; take or catch as if in a snare or trap; produce; set up for use; place; arrange the outcome of by means of deceit; erect and fasten; arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; equip with sails or masts; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• readypoised for action; completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; (of especially money) immediately available; mentally disposed; made suitable and available for immediate use; apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; prepare for eating by applying heat; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• gear upmake ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• set(usually followed by `to' or `for') on the point of or strongly disposed; fixed and unmoving; situated in a particular spot or position; set down according to a plan; being below the horizon; determined or decided upon as by an authority; converted to solid form (as concrete) ; a group of things of the same kind that belong together and are so used; (mathematics) an abstract collection of numbers or symbols; several exercises intended to be done in series; representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; an unofficial association of people or groups; a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; the act of putting something in position; a unit of play in tennis or squash; the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; evil Egyptian god with the head of a beast that has high square ears and a long snout; the descent of a heavenly body below the horizon; (psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particular way; any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; put into a certain place or abstract location; fix conclusively or authoritatively; decide upon or fix definitely; establish as the highest level or best performance; put into a certain state; fix in a border; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; set to a certain position or cause to operate correctly; locate; disappear beyond the horizon; adapt for performance in a different way; put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; apply or start; become gelatinous; set in type; put into a position that will restore a normal state; insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink) ; give a fine, sharp edge to a knife or razor ; urge to attack someone; estimate; equip with sails or masts; get ready for a particular purpose or event; alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard; bear fruit; arrange attractively

• "Cook me dinner, please"
• "can you make me an omelette?"
• "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

Synonyms

• cooksomeone who cooks food ; English navigator who claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain and discovered several Pacific islands (1728-1779) ; prepare a hot meal; prepare for eating by applying heat; transform and make suitable for consumption by heating; tamper, with the purpose of deception; transform by heating
• fixinformal terms for a difficult situation; something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; the act of putting something in working order again ; an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; a determination of the place where something is; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; cause to be firmly attached; decide upon or fix definitely; prepare for eating by applying heat; take vengeance on or get even; set or place definitely; kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study ; make fixed, stable or stationary; make infertile; influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; put (something somewhere) firmly; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• readypoised for action; completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; (of especially money) immediately available; mentally disposed; made suitable and available for immediate use; apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; prepare for eating by applying heat; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• makea recognizable kind; the act of mixing cards haphazardly ; engage in; give certain properties to something; make or cause to be or to become; cause to do; give rise to; create or manufacture a man-made product; make, formulate, or derive in the mind; compel or make somebody or something to act in a certain way; create by artistic means; earn on some commercial or business transaction; create or design, often in a certain way; to compose or represent; reach a goal; be or be capable of being changed or made into; make by shaping or bringing together constituents; perform or carry out; make by combining materials and parts; change from one form into another; act in a certain way so as to acquire; charge with a function; achieve a point or goal; reach a destination, either real or abstract; institute, enact, or establish; carry out or commit; form by assembling individuals or constituents; organize or be responsible for; put in order or neaten; head into a specified direction; have a bowel movement; undergo fabrication or creation; be suitable for; add up to; amount to; constitute the essence of; appear to begin an activity; proceed along a path; reach in time; gather and light the materials for; prepare for eating by applying heat; induce to have sex; assure the success of; represent fictitiously, as in a play, or pretend to be or act like; consider as being; calculate as being; cause to be enjoyable or pleasurable; favor the development of; develop into; behave in a certain way; eliminate urine

• "prepare a report"
• "prepare a speech"

• "machinate a plot"
• "organize a strike"
• "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

Synonyms

• organizecreate (as an entity); cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea ; plan and direct (a complex undertaking); bring order and organization to; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; form or join a union
• organisebring order and organization to; create (as an entity); form or join a union; cause to be structured or ordered or operating according to some principle or idea ; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; plan and direct (a complex undertaking)
• devisea will disposing of real property ; (law) a gift of real property by will ; come up with (an idea, plan, explanation, theory, or principle) after a mental effort; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; give by will, especially real property
• get uprise to one's feet; get up and out of bed; raise from a lower to a higher position; cause to rise; develop; put on special clothes to appear particularly appealing and attractive; arrange by systematic planning and united effort; study intensively, as before an exam
• machinatearrange by systematic planning and united effort; engage in plotting or enter into a conspiracy, swear together

• "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

• groomeducate for a future role or function; give a neat appearance to; care for one's external appearance; a man participant in his own marriage ceremony ; someone employed in a stable to take care of the horses ; a man who has recently been married
• trainpublic transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; a series of consequences wrought by an event; piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; create by training and teaching; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; educate for a future role or function; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; teach and supervise (someone); exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; travel by rail or train; drag loosely along a surface

• "The old master is training world-class violinists"
• "we develop the leaders for the future"

Synonyms

• trainpublic transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; a series of consequences wrought by an event; piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; create by training and teaching; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; educate for a future role or function; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; teach and supervise (someone); exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; travel by rail or train; drag loosely along a surface
• developmake something new, such as a product or a mental or artistic creation; work out; gain through experience; come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes); come into existence; change the use of and make available or usable; elaborate, as of theories and hypotheses; create by training and teaching; be gradually disclosed or unfolded; grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment; become technologically advanced; cause to grow and differentiate in ways conforming to its natural development; generate gradually; grow emotionally or mature; make visible by means of chemical solutions; superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry ; move one's pieces into strategically more advantageous positions; move into a strategically more advantageous position; elaborate by the unfolding of a musical idea and by the working out of the rhythmic and harmonic changes in the theme; happen; expand in the form of a series
• educategive an education to; create by training and teaching; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment

• "prepare the discord in bar 139"

• "She is training to be a teacher"
• "He trained as a legal aid"

Synonyms

• trainpublic transport provided by a line of railway cars coupled together and drawn by a locomotive; a sequentially ordered set of things or events or ideas in which each successive member is related to the preceding; a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; a series of consequences wrought by an event; piece of cloth forming the long back section of a gown that is drawn along the floor; wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed; create by training and teaching; undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession; develop (a child's or animal's) behavior by instruction and practice; educate for a future role or function; teach or refine to be discriminative in taste or judgment; point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards; teach and supervise (someone); exercise in order to prepare for an event or competition; cause to grow in a certain way by tying and pruning it; travel by rail or train; drag loosely along a surface