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prepare

See also: prépare, préparé, and preparé

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Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

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prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)

  1. (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
    We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.
  2. (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
    We prepared a fish for dinner.
  3. (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
    We prepared for a bumpy ride.
    • 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
      As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.
    • 2023 April 10, “Taiwan's frontline islanders resigned in face of Chinese military might”, in France 24‎[1], archived from the original on 2023-04-10‎[2]:
      Tourists visited a memorial hall adorned by a slogan in the handwriting of Chiang Kai-shek, Taiwan's divisive former nationalist leader: "Stay alert and prepare for battle."
  4. (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
    She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.

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prepare

  1. (obsolete) preparation

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Galician

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prepare

  1. inflection of preparar:
    1. first-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

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Etymology

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From French préparer (“prepare”), from Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”).

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prepare

  1. prepare

Portuguese

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prepare

  1. inflection of preparar:
    1. first-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative

Romanian

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prepare

  1. third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of prepara

Spanish

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  • IPA(key): /pɾeˈpaɾe/ [pɾeˈpa.ɾe]
  • Rhymes: -aɾe
  • Syllabification: pre‧pa‧re

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prepare

  1. inflection of preparar:
    1. first-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person singular imperative
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