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prepare
Overview of verb prepare
The verb prepare has 8 senses (first 6 from tagged texts)
1. (49) 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")
2. (16) 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")
3. (8) prepare -- (to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery; "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech")
4. (8) 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")
5. (5) 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")
6. (2) train, develop, prepare, educate -- (create by training and teaching; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future")
7. 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")
8. 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")
Grep of noun prepare
preparedness
Antonyms of verb prepare
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prepare
8 senses of prepare
Sense 1
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> make, create
Sense 3
prepare
=> make, create
Sense 4
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
=> initiate, pioneer
=> cause, do, make
=> make, create
Sense 5
prepare, groom, train
=> educate
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 6
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 7
prepare
=> sound
Sense 8
train, prepare
=> learn, study, read, take
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb prepare
7 of 8 senses of prepare
Sense 1
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> socialize, socialise
=> provide
=> cram
=> precondition
=> fix
=> mount
=> set up, lay out, set
=> winterize, winterise
=> summerize, summerise
=> prime
=> cultivate, crop, work
=> brace, poise
Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> preserve, keep
=> dress, dress out
=> deglaze
=> scallop, escallop
=> flambe
=> put on
=> devil
=> precook
=> whip up, whomp up
=> concoct, cook up
=> lard
Sense 3
prepare
=> rough in, rough, rough out
Sense 4
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
=> mount, put on
=> lay
=> set up
=> sandwich
=> spatchcock
Sense 5
prepare, groom, train
=> qualify, dispose
Sense 6
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> retrain
=> drill
=> housebreak, house-train
=> toilet-train
Sense 8
train, prepare
=> apprentice
=> retrain
=> drill
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb prepare
8 senses of prepare
Sense 1
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> change, alter, modify
Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sense 3
prepare
=> make, create
Sense 4
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
=> initiate, pioneer
Sense 5
prepare, groom, train
=> educate
Sense 6
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
Sense 7
prepare
=> sound
Sense 8
train, prepare
=> learn, study, read, take
'Cause To' of verb prepare
Derived Forms of verb prepare
7 of 8 senses of prepare
Sense 1
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
RELATED TO>(adj) preparative#1
=> preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
RELATED TO>(adj) preparatory#1
=> preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
RELATED TO>(noun) preparation#4
=> readiness, preparedness, preparation
RELATED TO>(noun) preparation#1
=> preparation, readying
Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
RELATED TO>(noun) preparation#8
=> cooking, cookery, preparation
Sense 4
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
RELATED TO>(adj) preparative#1
=> preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
Sense 5
prepare, groom, train
RELATED TO>(adj) preparative#1
=> preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
RELATED TO>(adj) preparatory#1
=> preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
RELATED TO>(noun) preparation#6
=> training, preparation, grooming
Sense 6
train, develop, prepare, educate
RELATED TO>(adj) preparatory#1
=> preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
RELATED TO>(noun) preparation#6
=> training, preparation, grooming
Sense 7
prepare
RELATED TO>(noun) preparation#5
=> preparation
Sense 8
train, prepare
RELATED TO>(adj) preparatory#1
=> preparatory, preparative, propaedeutic
RELATED TO>(noun) preparation#7
=> homework, prep, preparation
Domain of verb prepare
1 of 8 senses of prepare
Sense 7
prepare
TOPIC>(noun) music#1
Domain Terms of verb prepare
Familiarity of verb prepare
prepare used as a verb is common (polysemy count =8)
Sample Sentences of verb prepare
8 senses of prepare
Sense 1
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
*> 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
Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
EX: The chefs prepare the vegetables
Sense 3
prepare
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
prepare, groom, train
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 6
train, develop, prepare, educate
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 7
prepare
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
train, prepare
*> Somebody ----s to somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb prepare
8 senses of prepare
Sense 1
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
> change, alter, modify
=> awaken, wake, waken, rouse, wake up, arouse
=> cause to sleep
=> affect
=> refresh, freshen, refreshen
=> inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
=> indispose
=> cry
=> etiolate
=> brutalize, brutalise, animalize, animalise
=> convert
=> opalize, opalise
=> arterialize, arterialise
=> make, get
=> counterchange, transpose, interchange
=> vascularize, vascularise
=> decrepitate
=> suburbanize, suburbanise
=> revolutionize, revolutionise, overturn
=> etiolate
=> barbarize, barbarise
=> alkalinize, alkalinise
=> mythologize, mythologise, mythicize, mythicise
=> allegorize, allegorise
=> demythologize, demythologise
=> bring, land
=> coarsen
=> affect, impact, bear upon, bear on, touch on, touch
=> alchemize, alchemise
=> alcoholize, alcoholise
=> shape, form
=> round off, round down, round out, round
=> suspend
=> sober
=> reconstruct
=> increase
=> ease up, ease off, let up
=> assimilate
=> dissimilate
=> commute, convert, exchange
=> vitalize, vitalise
=> unclutter, clear
=> activate
=> activate
=> activate, aerate
=> activate
=> inactivate, deactivate
=> deaden, blunt
=> remodel, reconstruct, redo
=> edit, redact
=> edit, cut, edit out
=> tame, chasten, subdue
=> chasten, moderate, temper
=> better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
=> worsen, aggravate, exacerbate, exasperate
=> wet
=> dry, dry out
=> lubricate
=> strengthen, beef up, fortify
=> spike, lace, fortify
=> weaken
=> blunt
=> oxidize, oxidise, oxidate
=> unite, unify, merge
=> age
=> ripen, mature
=> antique, antiquate
=> antiquate
=> develop, make grow
=> soften
=> damage
=> ossify
=> acerbate
=> stabilize, stabilise
=> destabilize, destabilise
=> sensitize, sensitise, sensify, sensibilize, sensibilise
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> habituate, accustom
=> disorder, disarray
=> discolor
=> color, colorize, colorise, colourise, colourize, colour, color in, colour in
=> stain
=> hue
=> uglify
=> untune
=> adjust, set, correct
=> set
=> disqualify, unfit, indispose
=> domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame
=> widen
=> dehydrogenate
=> hydrogenate
=> oxygenize, oxygenise
=> darken
=> brighten, lighten up, lighten
=> blur, blear
=> obscure, bedim, overcloud
=> obscure, blot out, obliterate, veil, hide
=> cook
=> slenderize, slenderise
=> crack
=> dissolve, dismiss
=> end, terminate
=> demist, defog
=> condense, concentrate, contract
=> cool, chill, cool down
=> heat, heat up
=> warm
=> boil
=> freeze
=> blister
=> switch, change over, shift
=> transpose
=> convert, change over
=> transform
=> transform
=> transform
=> transmute
=> transform, transmute, transubstantiate
=> ash
=> translate, transform
=> reform, reclaim, regenerate, rectify
=> convert
=> Islamize, Islamise
=> turn back, invert, reverse
=> invert
=> customize, customise
=> personalize, personalise, individualize, individualise
=> depersonalize, depersonalise, objectify
=> sharpen
=> flatten, drop
=> disintegrate
=> magnetize, magnetise
=> demagnetize, demagnetise, degauss
=> simplify
=> complicate, refine, rarify, elaborate
=> refine
=> complicate, perplex
=> supercharge, pressurize, pressurise
=> centralize, centralise, concentrate
=> decentralize, deconcentrate, decentralise
=> socialize, socialise
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> internationalize, internationalise
=> communize, communise, bolshevize, bolshevise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> Europeanize, Europeanise
=> bestialize, bestialise
=> Americanize, Americanise
=> Frenchify
=> civilize, civilise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> denationalize, denationalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> naturalize, naturalise
=> denaturalize, denaturalise
=> even, even out
=> equal, match, equalize, equalise, equate
=> stiffen
=> loosen, loose
=> tighten, fasten
=> transitivize, transitivise
=> detransitivize, detransitivise, intransitivize, intransitivise
=> thicken, inspissate
=> full
=> diversify
=> deaden
=> check, retard, delay
=> decrease, lessen, minify
=> liquefy, liquify, liquidize, liquidise
=> solvate
=> dissolve
=> validate
=> invalidate, void, vitiate
=> empty
=> fill, fill up, make full
=> saturate
=> clot, coagulate
=> louden
=> normalize, normalise, renormalize, renormalise
=> morph
=> neutralize, neutralise
=> commercialize, commercialise, market
=> purify, purge, sanctify
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> automatize, automatise, automate
=> automatize, automatise
=> mechanize, mechanise
=> harmonize, harmonise, chord
=> polarize, polarise
=> glorify
=> contaminate
=> devalue
=> insulate
=> calcify
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> urbanize, urbanise
=> emulsify
=> demulsify
=> decarboxylate
=> nazify
=> fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
=> clarify
=> embrittle
=> mark
=> barb
=> nick
=> disable, disenable, incapacitate
=> enable
=> de-emphasize, de-emphasise, destress
=> tender, tenderize, tenderise
=> charge
=> sweeten
=> iodinate
=> ionate
=> archaize, archaise
=> inform
=> officialize, officialise
=> occidentalize, occidentalise, westernize, westernise
=> orientalize, orientalise
=> acetylate, acetylize, acetylise
=> achromatize, achromatise
=> parallel, collimate
=> camp
=> classicize, classicise
=> conventionalize, conventionalise
=> decimalize, decimalise
=> dizzy
=> poison, envenom
=> exteriorize, exteriorise, externalize, externalise, objectify
=> glamorize, glamourise, glamourize, glamorise
=> introvert
=> laicize, laicise
=> politicize, politicise
=> radicalize
=> proof
=> romanticize, romanticise
=> rusticate
=> sauce
=> shallow, shoal
=> tense
=> steepen
=> scramble
=> unscramble
=> unsex
=> vitrify
=> pall
=> saponify
=> extend, expand
=> suspend, set aside
=> muddy
=> transform
=> lift, raise, elevate
=> harshen
=> dinge
=> demonize, demonise
=> devilize, devilise, diabolize, diabolise
=> etherealize, etherialise
=> immaterialize, immaterialise, unsubstantialize, unsubstantialise
=> animize, animise, animate
=> clear
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> dynamize, dynamise
=> rarefy, sublimate, subtilize
=> volatilize, volatilise
=> uniformize, uniformise
=> symmetrize, symmetrise
=> immortalize, immortalise, eternize, eternise, eternalize, eternalise
=> denature
=> denature
=> denature
=> sanitize, sanitise
=> verbify
=> shift
=> sputter
=> draw
=> make
=> dope
=> prostrate
=> excite
=> excite, energize, energise
=> shake
=> outmode
=> spice, spice up
=> shorten
=> think
=> make
=> deflate
=> inflate
=> reflate
=> digitize, digitise, digitalize, digitalise
=> gelatinize, gelatinise
=> recombine
=> feminize, feminise, effeminize, erreminise, womanize
=> masculinize, masculinise, virilize, virilise
=> masculinize
=> disharmonize, dissonate
=> sexualize, sexualise
=> schematize, schematise
=> patent
=> constitutionalize, constitutionalise
=> rationalize, rationalise
=> plasticize, plasticise
=> rarefy
=> paganize, paganise
=> incandesce
=> deaminate, deaminize
=> angulate
=> circularize
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> sensitize, sensitise
=> depolarize, depolarise
=> intensify
=> isomerize, isomerise
=> legitimate
=> evaporate, vaporise
=> industrialize, industrialise
=> opacify
=> opsonize
=> militarize, militarise
=> nationalize, nationalise
=> recommend
=> sentimentalize, sentimentalise
=> solemnize, solemnise
=> territorialize, territorialise
=> transaminate
=> transfigure, glorify, spiritualize
=> unsanctify
=> vesiculate
=> visualize, visualise
=> variegate
=> ventilate
=> vivify
=> vulgarise, vulgarize
=> supple
=> professionalize, professionalise
=> smut
=> still
=> weaponize
=> eroticize, sex up
=> piggyback
=> confuse, blur, obscure, obnubilate
=> confuse
=> tone down, moderate, tame
=> obfuscate
=> synchronize, synchronise
=> mince, soften, moderate
=> militarize, militarise
=> break down, crush
=> fatten, fat, flesh out, fill out, plump, plump out, fatten out, fatten up
=> touch, disturb
=> dull
=> dull, blunt
=> sharpen
=> coarsen
=> loosen
=> untie, undo, loosen
=> barb
=> string
=> straighten, straighten out
=> bring
=> mix, mingle, commix, unify, amalgamate
=> charge
=> put
=> clean, make clean
=> dirty, soil, begrime, grime, colly, bemire
=> lower, depress
=> deform
=> break, break up
=> alter
=> decorate, adorn, grace, ornament, embellish, beautify
=> humanize, humanise
=> humble
=> estrange, alienate, alien, disaffect
=> right
=> desensitize, desensitise
=> deodorize, deodorise, deodourise
=> develop
=> blur
=> blind
=> change intensity
=> change taste
=> capture
=> lend, impart, bestow, contribute, add, bring
=> restore, reinstate, reestablish
=> liberalize, liberalise
=> right, compensate, redress, correct
=> democratize, democratise
=> neutralize
=> corrupt, pervert, subvert, demoralize, demoralise, debauch, debase, profane, vitiate, deprave, misdirect
=> relax, loosen
=> unite, unify
=> flocculate
=> turn
=> make possible
=> cohere
Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> reform
=> formulate
=> mint, coin, strike
=> spin
=> make
=> shape, form, work, mold, mould, forge
=> dip
=> bake
=> brew
=> cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> cook
=> knit
=> crochet
=> knot
=> weave, tissue
=> tat, intertwine
=> make
Sense 3
prepare
> make, create
=> beget, get, engender, father, mother, sire, generate, bring forth
=> reproduce, procreate, multiply
=> regenerate
=> clear
=> distill, extract, distil
=> derive, educe
=> froth, spume, suds
=> lay down, establish, make
=> puncture
=> twine
=> cleave
=> track
=> institute, bring
=> short-circuit, short
=> re-create
=> grind
=> generate, bring forth
=> originate, initiate, start
=> give, yield
=> bring, work, play, wreak, make for
=> raise, conjure, conjure up, invoke, evoke, stir, call down, arouse, bring up, put forward, call forth
=> create by mental act, create mentally
=> create, make
=> realize, realise, actualize, actualise, substantiate
=> cause, do, make
=> establish, give
=> put on, turn in
=> bear, turn out
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
=> construct, build, make
=> build, establish
=> assemble, piece, put together, set up, tack, tack together
=> style
=> strike
=> copy, re-create
=> create verbally
=> compose, write
=> choreograph
=> direct
=> film
=> film-make
=> recreate
=> offset
=> scrape
=> produce, bring forth
=> produce, bring about, give rise
=> press
=> prepare
=> cut
=> cut
=> raise
=> beat
=> arouse, elicit, enkindle, kindle, evoke, fire, raise, provoke
=> incorporate
=> form, organize, organise
Sense 4
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
> initiate, pioneer
=> strike up
=> introduce, innovate
=> trip, actuate, trigger, activate, set off, spark off, spark, trigger off, touch off
=> establish, found, plant, constitute, institute
=> stage, arrange
=> mount
=> undertake, set about, attempt
=> organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
Sense 5
prepare, groom, train
> educate
=> socialize, socialise
=> prepare, groom, train
=> co-educate, coeducate
=> school
Sense 6
train, develop, prepare, educate
> teach, learn, instruct
=> train, develop, prepare, educate
=> indoctrinate
=> drill
=> catechize, catechise
=> reinforce, reward
=> spoonfeed
=> induct
=> mentor
=> tutor
=> unteach
=> unteach
=> ground
=> lecture, talk
=> coach, train
=> enlighten, edify
=> condition
Sense 7
prepare
> sound
=> play
=> blow
=> twang
=> prepare
=> gong
=> ting
=> strum, thrum
=> ring, knell
=> pop
=> clink
Sense 8
train, prepare
> learn, study, read, take
=> audit
=> train, prepare
=> drill, exercise, practice, practise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb prepare
Sense 5
prepare, groom, train
=> educate
Sense 6
train, develop, prepare, educate
=> teach, learn, instruct
Sense 8
train, prepare
=> learn, study, read, take
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Sense 1
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> change, alter, modify
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Sense 2
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
=> create from raw material, create from raw stuff
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Sense 3
prepare
=> make, create
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Sense 4
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
=> initiate, pioneer
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Sense 7
prepare
=> sound
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Grep of verb prepare
prepare
prepare for
Grep of adj prepare
prepared
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