prepare
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See also préparé
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛː/
- (GenAm) IPA: /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/
- (US) IPA: /pɻiˈpɛ(ə)ɻ/, /pɻəˈpɛ(ə)ɻ/
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[edit] Verb
prepare (third-person singular simple present prepares, present participle preparing, simple past and past participle prepared)
- (transitive) To make ready for a specific future purpose; to set up; to assemble.
- We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff.
- (transitive) To make ready for eating or drinking; to cook.
- We prepared a fish for dinner.
- (intransitive) To make oneself ready; to get ready, make preparation.
- We prepared for a bumpy ride.
- (transitive) To produce or make by combining elements; to synthesize, compound.
- She prepared a meal from what was left in the cupboards.
[edit] Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the to infinitive. See Appendix:English catenative verbs
[edit] Translations
to make ready for a specific future purpose
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to make ready for eating or drinking
to make oneself ready
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to produce by combining elements
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[edit] Haitian Creole
[edit] Etymology
From French préparer (“prepare”), from Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”).
[edit] Verb
prepare
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Verb
prepare (infinitive preparar)
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of preparar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of preparar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of preparar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of preparar.
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- English terms derived from Middle French
- English terms derived from Latin
- English verbs
- Haitian Creole terms derived from French
- Haitian Creole terms derived from Latin
- Haitian Creole verbs
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish verb imperative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb formal forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb subjunctive forms
- Spanish verb first-person forms
- Spanish verb present forms
- Spanish verb third-person forms
