Translate prepare | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of prepare
verb
[with object] 1make (something) ready for use or consideration:prepare a brief summary of the article (as adjective
prepared)
created in advance; preplanned:the spokesman was reading a prepared statement make (food or a meal) ready for cooking or eating:she was busy preparing lunch make (someone) ready or able to do or deal with something:schools should prepare children for life by this time I was prepared for anything [no object]:she took time off to prepare for her exams (
be prepared to do something)
be willing to do something:I wasn’t prepared to go along with that make (a chemical product) by a reaction or series of reactions.
2 Music (in conventional harmony) lead up to (a discord) by means of preparation.
