# prepare
## English
### Etymology

Partially a back-formation of 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”).

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛə/, /pɹɪˈpɛː/
* (General American) IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/, /pɹəˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)

### Verb

prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)
* (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble or equip; to forearm.
    We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 107:36:that they may prepare a city for habitation
** 1700, [John] Dryden, “The Flower and the Leaf: Or, The Lady in the Arbour. A Vision.”, in Fables Ancient and Modern; […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:our souls, not yet prepared for upper light
* (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
    We prepared a fish for dinner.
* (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, archived from the original on 2023-04-10‎: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."
* (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
    She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.

#### Usage notes

* This is a catenative verb that can take a following verb in its to + infinitive form. See Appendix:English catenative verbs

#### Synonyms

* busk (obsolete), graith (obsolete), ready, yark (obsolete)
* (To make oneself ready): get ready

#### Derived terms

* failure to prepare is preparing to fail
* foreprepare
* fore-prepare
* if you want peace, prepare for war
* prepare ahead
* prepare the ground
* prepare the way
* prepare up
* pre-prepare
* unprepare

#### Related terms

* preparation
* preparatory

#### Translations

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### Noun

prepare
* (obsolete) preparation
** c. 1591–1592 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Third Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i], line 130:Go levy men, and make prepare for war;

### Anagrams

* paperer, repaper

## Galician
### Verb

prepare
* inflection of preparar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Haitian Creole
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɣepaɣe/

### Verb

prepare
* prepare

## Portuguese
### Verb

prepare
* inflection of preparar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [preˈpare]

### Verb

prepare
* third-person singular/plural present subjunctive of prepara

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɾeˈpaɾe/ [pɾeˈpa.ɾe]
* Rhymes: -aɾe
* Syllabification: pre‧pa‧re

### Verb

prepare
* inflection of preparar:
** first/third-person singular present subjunctive
** third-person singular imperative