prepare in WordNet English dictionary

1. prepare for eating by applying heat
   "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
   cook  fix  ready  make  prepare 
   
2. create by training and teaching
   "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future"
   train  develop  prepare  educate 
   
3. arrange by systematic planning and united effort
   "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
   organize  organise  prepare  devise  get up  machinate 
   
4. 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"
   fix  prepare  set up  ready  gear up  set 
   
5. 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"
   prepare  groom  train 
   
6. 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"
   train  prepare 
   
7. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
   "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
   prepare 
   
8. 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"
   prepare