Verb

• S: (v) fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set (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"
• S: (v) cook, fix, ready, make, prepare (prepare for eating by applying heat) "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
• S: (v) prepare (to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery) "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
• S: (v) organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate (arrange by systematic planning and united effort) "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
• S: (v) prepare, groom, train (educate 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"
• S: (v) train, develop, prepare, educate (create by training and teaching) "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
• S: (v) prepare (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"
• S: (v) train, prepare (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"