to prepare
- verb
- /prɪˈpɛr/
- And college should prepare people to deal with the real world.
- prepare students
- be well-prepared
- prepare teachers
What to do with their children, How to prepare them for life?
- What to do with their children, How to prepare them for life?
- I think it was that experience that then prepared me for the movies.
- I I think nobody can prepare you for that trauma.
- And college should prepare people to deal with the real world.
- What about ABCD testing prepares your kids for for this world?
- So voluntarily doing hard things, you know, prepares us when hard things find us.
- I'm talking about like really preparing every line of dialogue.
- And they need to start preparing themselves for the worst.
- And how did you go about preparing to portray Freda Callow?
- You take time for yourself, you invest the work and prepare yourself to return.
- She's five months pregnant and preparing to raise the baby.
- And my last piece of advice is prepare yourself for senior year.
- But Tom, God was preparing me for my true calling right then.
Examples
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From these results, it appears students are well prepared to use Linux in their future endeavors.
Academic text (2017) -
And my last piece of advice is prepare yourself for senior year.
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And yeah, maybe I should prepare myself a little.
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What to do with their children, How to prepare them for life?
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But you should probably prepare for your guests.
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17% felt education did not prepare them very well for the use of research.
Academic text (2017) -
Math does not prepare you for the real world.
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Read, research, prepare yourself, and you'll make it happen.
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In flight, cosmonauts perform tests to prepare their bodies for space.
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Teachers at our school work hard to prepare students for their future careers.
Synonyms
To teach someone skills by practice and help
To help a person or group learn skills and improve
To give someone knowledge and skills by teaching or training over time
To get something or yourself ready
Make someone or something prepared for use
To prepare someone for a future job or role
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
To organize legal arguments, evidence, and papers before a trial or hearing
How Ready
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Prepare comes from Latin parts pre- meaning 'before' and parare meaning 'make ready'. So, to prepare a person is to make them ready before a job or event, for example by training or practice.