Synonyms: set, set up, gear up, fix, prepare, ready
Definition: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Usage: Get the children ready for school!; prepare for war; I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Similar words: alter, change, modify
Definition: cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
Usage: The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city; The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue
Definition: undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
Usage: She is training to be a teacher; He trained as a legal aid
Similar words: take, study, read, learn
Definition: be a student of a certain subject
Usage: She is reading for the bar exam
Synonyms: prepare, train, develop, educate
Definition: create by training and teaching
Usage: The old master is training world-class violinists; we develop the leaders for the future
Similar words: teach, learn, instruct
Definition: impart skills or knowledge to
Usage: I taught them French; He instructed me in building a boat
Synonyms: get up, devise, machinate, prepare, organise, organize
Definition: arrange by systematic planning and united effort
Usage: machinate a plot; organize a strike; devise a plan to take over the director's office
Similar words: initiate, pioneer
Definition: take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of
Usage: This South African surgeon pioneered heart transplants
Synonyms: ready, prepare, make, cook, fix
Definition: prepare for eating by applying heat
Usage: Cook me dinner, please; can you make me an omelette?; fix breakfast for the guests, please
Similar words: create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Definition: make from scratch
Synonyms: prepare
Definition: to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
Usage: prepare a report; prepare a speech
Definition: make or cause to be or to become
Usage: make a mess in one's office; create a furor
Synonyms: prepare
Definition: lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
Usage: prepare the discord in bar 139
Synonyms: train, prepare, groom
Definition: educate for a future role or function
Usage: 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