The meaning of PREPARE is to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity. How to use prepare in a sentence.

Idiom be prepared to do something (Definition of prepare from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like: to prepare a room, a speech. Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness.

prepare 1. make get ready make provision He said the government must prepare an emergency plan for evacuation. 2. The crew has been preparing the ship for storage. 3. It is a school's job to prepare …

When you prepare food, you get it ready to be eaten, for example by cooking it. She made her way to the kitchen, hoping to find someone preparing dinner. [VERB noun] The best way of preparing the …

To prepare means to get ready for something. When you prepare for a test, you'll get a better score than if you don’t.

Prepare definition: To make ready beforehand for a specific purpose, as for an event or occasion.

To be willing (to do something): I am not prepared to defend him when I know he was wrong. [Middle English preparen, from Old French preparer, from Latin praepar ā re : prae-, pre- + par ā re, prepare, …

Nov 28, 2025 · preparation (countable and uncountable, plural preparations) (uncountable) The act of preparing or getting ready.

Definition of prepare verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.