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{
"term": "prepare",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "prepare",
"heSheIt": "prepares"
},
"pastSimple": "prepared",
"pastParticiple": "prepared",
"ingForm": "preparing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to make something or somebody ready to be used or to do something",
"sensetop": "prepare something/somebodyprepare something/somebody for somebody/somethingprepare somebody/something to do somethingprepare for something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "to prepare a report",
"contextForm": "prepare something/somebody"
},
{
"text": "A hotel room is being prepared for them.",
"contextForm": "prepare something/somebody for somebody/something"
},
{
"text": "The college prepares students for a career in business."
},
{
"text": "The training has prepared me to deal with any medical issue.",
"contextForm": "prepare somebody/something to do something"
},
{
"text": "We all set about preparing for the party.",
"contextForm": "prepare for something"
},
{
"text": "I haven't had time to prepare my arguments properly."
},
{
"text": "The lectures were carefully prepared."
},
{
"text": "to prepare students for exams"
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["adequately", "properly", "fully"],
"verb + prepare": ["help (somebody)", "help (somebody) to", "need to"],
"preposition": ["according to", "for"],
"phrases": ["prepare for the worst", "time to prepare (something)"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to make yourself ready to do something or for something that you expect to happen",
"sensetop": "prepare for somethingprepare yourself for somethingprepare yourselfprepare to do somethingprepare yourself to do something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I had no time to prepare."
},
{
"text": "The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams.",
"contextForm": "prepare for something"
},
{
"text": "The police are preparing themselves for trouble at the demonstration.",
"contextForm": "prepare yourself for something"
},
{
"text": "I had been preparing myself for this moment."
},
{
"text": "Her condition is not improving as we hoped. You must prepare yourselves for the worst."
},
{
"text": "As I waited, I closed my eyes to mentally prepare myself.",
"contextForm": "prepare yourself"
},
{
"text": "I was preparing to leave.",
"contextForm": "prepare to do something"
},
{
"text": "The troops prepared themselves to go into battle.",
"contextForm": "prepare yourself to do something"
},
{
"text": "How do you go about mentally preparing yourself for a project?"
},
{
"text": "Penn needs to prepare for a medical school interview."
},
{
"text": "The family are preparing for the worst."
}
],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["adequately", "properly", "fully"],
"verb + prepare": ["help (somebody)", "help (somebody) to", "need to"],
"preposition": ["according to", "for"],
"phrases": ["prepare for the worst", "time to prepare (something)"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "to make food ready to be eaten",
"sensetop": "prepare something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was in the kitchen preparing lunch."
},
{
"text": "to prepare meals/food/dinner"
},
{
"text": "I was busily preparing a salad for the evening meal."
},
{
"text": "Just prepare according to package directions."
},
{
"text": "a meal that is very quick and easy to prepare"
},
{
"text": "a table full of specially prepared food"
},
{
"text": "She had prepared a chicken casserole for dinner."
},
{
"text": "The women were busy preparing the wedding feast."
}
],
"topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["adequately", "properly", "fully"],
"verb + prepare": ["help (somebody)", "help (somebody) to", "need to"],
"preposition": ["according to", "for"],
"phrases": ["prepare for the worst", "time to prepare (something)"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "to make a medicine or chemical substance, for example by mixing other substances together",
"sensetop": "prepare something (from something)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "remedies prepared from herbal extracts"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to make it possible or easier for something to be achieved",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The committee will prepare the ground for next month's meeting."
},
{
"text": "Early experiments with rockets prepared the ground for space travel."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeə(r)/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/prepare__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeəz/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/prepares__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeəd/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/prepared__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeərɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/preparing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈper/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/prepare__us_4.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈperz/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/prepares__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈperd/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/prepared__us_5.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prɪˈperɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/prepare/preparing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French préparer or Latin praeparare, from prae ‘before’ + parare ‘make ready’."
}