Verb
1. 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. prepare for eating by applying heat;
"Cook me dinner, please""can you make me an omelette?""fix breakfast for the guests, please"3. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery;
"prepare a report""prepare a speech"4. arrange by systematic planning and united effort;
"machinate a plot""organize a strike""devise a plan to take over the director's office"5. 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. create by training and teaching;
"The old master is training world-class violinists""we develop the leaders for the future"7. 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. 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"