Prepare

//pɹɪˈpɛə//

Synonyms for "prepare" (290 found)

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Closest matches (58)

Strong matches (87)

Related words (145)

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make sure make sure against make up man manufacture marshal mature mobilize modify mold mould moulder mouldy mount munition novelize nurse nurture outfit oven-bake overlook no possibility pamphleteer pan pan-broil parboil patch together piece together plan play safe poach poise practice prearrange predispose prefabricate premeditate prep prepare food prepare for present pretreat prime process produce project provide provide a hedge provide against provide for put in order put in shape put in tune put out put to school put together put up qualify raise ready ready up rear recruit reef down rehearse replenish rig rig out rig up roast run up saute scallop scenarize school script sear season send to school set up settle preliminaries shape shirr shorten sail simmer smooth staff steam steel stew stir-fry stock store strengthen study subsidize supply support swot take in hand take measures take precautions take steps tan teach throw on paper toast transform treat trim try out turn out tutor whip up whomp up work up write yield

Verb(8 words)

machinate make organise organize set set up train yark

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

9 relation types

More general

17 entries

alter change create create from raw material create from raw stuff educate initiate instruct learn make modify pioneer read sound study take

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Antonyms

1 entries

raw

Synonyms

5 entries

busk cook fix organize train

Related terms

2 entries

preparation preparatory

derived

21 entries

disprepare failure to prepare is preparing to fail fore-prepare foreprepare hope for the best, prepare for the worst if you want peace, prepare for war misprepare overprepare pre-prepare preparability preparable preparate prepare ahead prepare the ground prepare the way prepare up

Showing 16 of 21 words.

has context

1 entries

music

manner of

3 entries

educate make sound

related to

39 entries

action activity always always be arrange assemble be ready before before action compound cook cooking fix forethought get get ready

Showing 16 of 39 words.

similar

9 entries

build up check condition develop discipline educate groom make train

Translations

275 translations across 89 languages.

Albanian

1 entries

përgatis Bë pa ra verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Ancient Greek

2 entries

σκευάζω verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
σκευάζω verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Arabic

4 entries

أَعَدَّ verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
اِسْتَعَدَّ verb (to make oneself ready)
تَأَهَّبَ verb (to make oneself ready)
جهز verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Armenian

3 entries

պատրաստել verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
պատրաստել verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
պատրաստվել verb (to make oneself ready)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries

ܗܲܕܸܪ verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

hazırlamaq verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
hazırlaşmaq verb (to make oneself ready)

Basque

3 entries

atondu verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
gertatu verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
prestatu verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Belarusian

4 entries

гатава́цца verb (to make oneself ready)
гатава́ць verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
падрыхтава́цца verb (to make oneself ready)
падрыхтава́ць verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Bulgarian

4 entries

готвя verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
подго́твям verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
подго́твям се verb (to make oneself ready)
приго́твям verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Burmese

4 entries

ကိုင် verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
စီစဉ် verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
ပြင် verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
ရင် verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Catalan

4 entries

fer verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
preparar verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
preparar verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
preparar-se verb (to make oneself ready)

Cebuano

1 entries

andam verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᎭ verb (to make oneself ready)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

準備 /准备 verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
準備 /准备 verb (to make oneself ready)

Czech

4 entries

chystat verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
připravit verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
připravit verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
připravit verb (to produce by combining elements)

Danish

3 entries

berede verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
forberede verb (to produce by combining elements)
tilberede verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Dutch

4 entries

klaarmaken verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
prepareren verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
voorbereiden verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
voorbereiden verb (to produce by combining elements)

Eastern Mari

1 entries

ышташ verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Esperanto

3 entries

prepari verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
prepariĝi verb (to make oneself ready)
pretigi verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Estonian

2 entries

valmistada verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
valmistama verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Finnish

4 entries

kokata verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
laittaa verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
laittaa verb (to produce by combining elements)
laittaa valmiiksi verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

French

4 entries

apprêter verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
combiner verb (to produce by combining elements)
préparer verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
préparer verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Galician

1 entries

preparar verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Georgian

2 entries

ამზადებს verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
მომზადება verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

German

4 entries

präparieren verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
sich vorbereiten verb (to make oneself ready)
vorbereiten verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
vorbereiten verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Greek

2 entries

ετοιμάζω verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
προετοιμάζω verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

prepare verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Hawaiian

1 entries

hoʻomākaukau verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Hebrew

3 entries

הֵכִין verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
הכין verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
התכונן verb (to make oneself ready)

Hiligaynon

2 entries

aman verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
handa verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Hindi

1 entries

तैयार करना verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Hungarian

4 entries

elkészít verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
előkészít verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
előkészül verb (to make oneself ready)
felkészül verb (to make oneself ready)

Icelandic

1 entries

undirbúa verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Ilocano

1 entries

agsagana verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Irish

4 entries

deasaigh verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
deasaigh verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
réitigh verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
stócáil verb (to make oneself ready)

Istriot

1 entries

parparà verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Italian

3 entries

preparare verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
preparare verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
prepararsi verb (to make oneself ready)

Japanese

2 entries

準備する verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
準備する verb (to make oneself ready)

Kazakh

3 entries

дайындау verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
даярлау verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
әзірлеу verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Khmer

4 entries

ចំអិន verb (to produce by combining elements)
បម្រុង verb (to make oneself ready)
បោប verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
រៀប verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Kongo

1 entries

bongisa verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Korean

3 entries

마견하다 verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
준비하다 verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
준비하다 verb (to make oneself ready)

Kyrgyz

2 entries

белендөө verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
даярдоо verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Lao

2 entries

ກຽມ verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
ຄາດ verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Latgalian

3 entries

gatavēt verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
rūst verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
taiseit verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Latin

2 entries

paror verb (to make oneself ready)
parō verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Latvian

4 entries

gatavot verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
gatavot verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
gatavot verb (to produce by combining elements)
gatavoties verb (to make oneself ready)

Lingala

1 entries

bongisa verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Lithuanian

1 entries

ruošti verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Lombard

1 entries

preparà verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

pśigótowaś verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
pśigótowaś verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Macedonian

2 entries

подготви verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
подготвува verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Malay

3 entries

mempersediakan verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
mempersiapkan verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
sediakan verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Middle English

2 entries

dressen verb (to make oneself ready)
forgreithen verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Mongolian

1 entries

бэлтгэх verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Māori

4 entries

pihe verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
taka verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
taute verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
whakareri verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Ngazidja Comorian

3 entries

udjihuɗumu verb (to make oneself ready)
upanga verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
upiha verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Northern Sami

1 entries

gárvvistit verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries

forberede verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
tilberede verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

førebu verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Old English

1 entries

æfnan verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Old French

1 entries

aprester verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Oromo

1 entries

qopphaa'uu verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

حاضرلامق verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
حاضرلامق verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
دوزمك verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
دوزمك verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Persian

4 entries

آمادن verb (to make oneself ready)
آماده کردن verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
آمودن verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
تیار کردن verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Polish

4 entries

przygotować verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
przygotować się verb (to make oneself ready)
przygotowywać verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
przygotowywać się verb (to make oneself ready)

Portuguese

4 entries

fazer verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
preparar verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
preparar verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
preparar-se verb (to make oneself ready)

Quechua

2 entries

allichay verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
wakichiy verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Romanian

4 entries

pregăti verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
pregăti verb (to make oneself ready)
prepara verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
prepara verb (to make oneself ready)

Russian

4 entries

гото́вить verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
гото́вить verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
гото́виться verb (to make oneself ready)
подгота́вливать verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

priprémiti verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
priprémiti verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
priprémiti se verb (to make oneself ready)
priréditi verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Slovak

4 entries

pripraviť verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
pripraviť sa verb (to make oneself ready)
pripravovať verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
pripravovať sa verb (to make oneself ready)

Slovene

2 entries

pripraviti verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
pripravljati verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Southern Altai

1 entries

белендеер verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Spanish

4 entries

aparejar verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
aprestar verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
preparar verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
preparar verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Swahili

4 entries

andaa verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
andaa verb (to make oneself ready)
andaa verb (to produce by combining elements)
kuandaa verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Swedish

4 entries

förbereda verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
förbereda verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
förbereda verb (to produce by combining elements)
förbereda sig verb (to make oneself ready)

Tagalog

2 entries

ihanda verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
maghanda verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Tajik

2 entries

омода кардан verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
тайёр кардан verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Thai

3 entries

จัด verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
เตรียม verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
แต่ง verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Turkish

4 entries

hazırlamak verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
hazırlamak verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
hazırlanmak verb (to make oneself ready)
sofra kurmak verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)

Turkmen

1 entries

taýýarlamak verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Ukrainian

4 entries

гото́вити verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
гото́витися verb (to make oneself ready)
готува́ти verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
готува́тися verb (to make oneself ready)

Urdu

1 entries

تیار کرنا verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Uzbek

2 entries

hozirlamoq verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
tayyorlamoq verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Vietnamese

1 entries

chuẩn bị verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Walloon

4 entries

apontyî verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)
apontyî verb (to make ready for eating or drinking)
apontyî verb (to produce by combining elements)
aprester verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Welsh

1 entries

paratoi verb (to make ready for a specific future purpose)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You may as well prepare for your examination.

Source: tatoeba (16072)

You should prepare a room for the visitor.

Source: tatoeba (19908)

Schools were started to help young people prepare for living in the world.

Source: tatoeba (21508)

We have to look the future straight in the eye and prepare to get through the coming crisis.

Source: tatoeba (22906)

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