Слово англійською: prepare
Дієслово
Переклад prepare українською: готува́ти що, підгото́вити, приготува́ти що для ко́го (роби́ти гото́вим для використа́ння), підготува́тися, підгото́витися, приготува́тися, готува́тися до чо́го
Детальний опис
- [transitive, intransitive] to make something or somebody ready to be used or to do something
- prepare something/somebody to prepare a report
- prepare something/somebody for somebody/something A hotel room is being prepared for them.
- The college prepares students for a career in business.
- prepare somebody/something to do something The training has prepared me to deal with any medical issue.
- prepare for something We all set about preparing for the party.
- [intransitive, transitive] to make yourself ready to do something or for something that you expect to happen
- I had no time to prepare.
- prepare for something The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams.
- prepare yourself for something The police are preparing themselves for trouble at the demonstration.
- I had been preparing myself for this moment.
- Her condition is not improving as we hoped. You must prepare yourselves for the worst.
- prepare yourself As I waited, I closed my eyes to mentally prepare myself.
- prepare to do something I was preparing to leave.
- prepare yourself to do something The troops prepared themselves to go into battle.
More Like This Verbs usually followed by infinitivesVerbs usually followed by infinitives- afford
- agree
- appear
- arrange
- attempt
- beg
- choose
- consent
- decide
- expect
- fail
- happen
- hesitate
- hope
- intend
- learn
- manage
- mean
- neglect
- offer
- prepare
- pretend
- promise
- refuse
- swear
- try
- want
- wish
- [transitive] prepare something to make food ready to be eaten
- He was in the kitchen preparing lunch.
- to prepare meals/food/dinner
- [transitive] prepare something (from something) to make a medicine or chemical substance, for example by mixing other substances together
- remedies prepared from herbal extracts
Word Originlate Middle English: from French préparer or Latin praeparare, from prae ‘before’ + parare ‘make ready’.
Idioms prepare the ground (for something)
- to make it possible or easier for something to be achieved
- The committee will prepare the ground for next month's meeting.
- Early experiments with rockets prepared the ground for space travel.