prepare

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”

prepare for eating by applying heat

• “Cook me dinner, please”
• “can you make me an omelette?”
• “fix breakfast for the guests, please”

to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery

• “prepare a report”
• “prepare a speech”

arrange by systematic planning and united effort

• “machinate a plot”
• “organize a strike”
• “devise a plan to take over the director”

prepare (someone) 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”

create by training and teaching

• “The old master is training world-class violinists”
• “we develop the leaders for the future”

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”

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”