prepare
verb (prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing)
Everyday
- To prepare is to make something ready to use. tree →
- To get yourself ready for something that will happen, like a test or a trip. tree →
- To make food ready to eat. tree →
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 →
- Dad is preparing dinner. tree →
- Prepare your materials before you start the experiment. tree →
- The town prepared for the storm. tree →
- Be prepared and take a raincoat. tree →
- I am not prepared to give up. tree →
- She prepared a talk about volcanoes. tree →
- When he got there he began to prepare a grave. tree →
Note
Noun: preparation. "Prepared to do something" can mean "willing to". Follows with "for" + noun: prepare for the race.
In Jewish tradition
In the Torah it often means to get an offering or altar ready for God.
Interpretation. The rules for offerings say how much grain, oil and wine to prepare. Balaam's seven altars imitate the sacrifices of the patriarchs.
Examples
- According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do for every one according to their number. (Torah NUM.15.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.' (Torah NUM.23.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. (Torah NUM.15.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; (Writings JOB.27.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Without my fault, they run and prepare themselves; awake Thou to help me, and behold. (Writings PSA.59.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thy flock settled therein; Thou didst prepare in Thy goodness for the poor, O God. (Writings PSA.68.11, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
Noun: preparation. "Prepared to do something" can mean "willing to". Follows with "for" + noun: prepare for the race.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «prepare» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «prepare» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «prepare» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «prepare» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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