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51prepare — v. 1 tr. make or get ready for use, consideration, etc. 2 tr. make ready or assemble (food, a meal, etc.) for eating. 3 a tr. make (a person or oneself) ready or disposed in some way (prepares students for university; prepared them for a shock).… …
52prepare for — verb prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant (Freq. 7) • Syn: ↑steel oneself against, ↑steel onself for, ↑brace oneself for • Hypernyms: ↑inure, ↑harden, ↑indurate …
53prepare — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To make oneself ready] Syn. get ready, foresee, arrange, make preparations, make arrangements, fit, adapt, qualify, put in order, adjust, set one s house in order, prime, fix, settle, fabricate, appoint, furnish, elaborate,… …
54prepare the ground — if you prepare the ground for an activity or a situation, you do something that will help it to happen. The leaders of both countries are preparing the ground for negotiations which may lead to peace. (usually + for) …
55prepare — [c]/prəˈpɛə / (say pruh pair) verb (prepared, preparing) –verb (t) 1. to make ready, or put in due condition, for something. 2. to get ready for eating, as a meal, by due assembling, dressing, or cooking. 3. to manufacture, compound, or compose.… …
56prepare the ground — When you prepare the ground, you try to make it easier for a future event or action to happen or be accepted. The two foreign ministers prepared the ground for negotiations …
57prepare — v 1. make ready, ready, Inf. prep; clear the decks, prepare for, make preparations for, prime, groom, get ready or set, Inf. square away, Archaic. boun; set up, fix up, arrange, order, put things in order, set one s house in order; lay the… …
58for — [[t]fə(r), STRONG fɔː(r)[/t]] ♦ (In addition to the uses shown below, for is used after some verbs, nouns, and adjectives in order to introduce extra information, and in phrasal verbs such as account for and make up for . It is also used with… …
59Prepare (SQL) — A PREPARE statement in SQL prepares a statement for execution at a later time …
60prepare — pre·pare pri pa(ə)r, pe(ə)r vt, pre·pared; pre·par·ing 1) to make ready beforehand <prepare a patient for surgery> 2) to put together: COMPOUND <prepared a vaccine from live virus> <prepared the doctor s prescription> …
