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# prepare

«prepare» in Mova's school dictionary: **to make something ready to use** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To prepare is to make something ready to use. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#m1)

2) To get yourself ready for something that will happen, like a test or a trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#m2)

3) To make food ready to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

Used at school: prepare for a test, prepare a presentation. In everyday life: prepare dinner, prepare for a storm. Safety: prepare an emergency kit. Phrases: "be prepared" (the Scouts' motto), "prepare for", "prepared to" (willing to).

### examples

- We prepared for the spelling test. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x1)
- Dad is preparing dinner. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x2)
- Prepare your materials before you start the experiment. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x3)
- The town prepared for the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x4)
- Be prepared and take a raincoat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x5)
- I am not prepared to give up. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x6)
- She prepared a talk about volcanoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x7)
- When he got there he began to prepare a grave. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/#x8)

### note

Noun: preparation. "Prepared to do something" can mean "willing to". Follows with "for" + noun: prepare for the race.

### In the corpora

- [Zoo kitchens prepare hundreds of meals a day, and nutritionists plan the right mix of food for each kind of animal.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/111-feeding-times-and-the-zoo-kitchen/4/)
- [Big storms such as hurricanes and cyclones are forecast days ahead, so families have time to prepare and to leave if told to.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/235-rain-floods-and-storms/7/)
- [A warm-up gets the blood flowing and prepares muscles and joints, but stretching alone doesn't prevent every injury.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/34-exercise-and-posture/11/)
- [Fear sets off the brain's alarm system, the amygdala, which prepares the body to fight, run or freeze.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/68-the-coach-who-shouts-and-parents-on-the-touchline/6/)
- [Turning a question towards the topic you want to talk about is called pivoting; talking points are lines prepared in advance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/17/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prepare» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepare/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.