Notes

Surgeryto put in proper condition or readiness:
to prepare a patient for surgery.
to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.
Drugsto manufacture, compound, or compose:
to prepare a cough syrup.
Music and Danceto lead up to (a discord, an embellishment, etc.) by some preliminary tone or tones.

v.i.
to put things or oneself in readiness;
get ready:
to prepare for war.
Latin praeparāre to make ready beforehand, equivalent. to prae- pre- + parāre to set, get ready (akin to parent)
1520–30
pre•par′er, n.

1. provide, arrange, order.
Prepare, contrive, devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible.
To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like:
to prepare a room, a speech.
Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness. The first word suggests a shrewdness that borders on trickery, but this is absent from devise:
to contrive a means of escape; to devise a time-saving method.
3. make.
1. disorganize.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prepare /prɪˈpɛə/
vb
to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc: to prepare a meal, to prepare to go
to put together using parts or ingredients; compose or construct
(transitive) to equip or outfit, as for an expedition
(transitive) to soften the impact of (a dissonant note) by the use of preparation
be prepared ⇒ (followed by an infinitive) to be willing and able (to do something): I'm not prepared to reveal these figures
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin praeparāre, from prae before + parāre to make ready

preˈparer
n
'be prepared' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
convenience food - dyer's moss - make-ahead - open house - prepare - purine - pyrimidine - ready - stop - wit

Forum discussions with the word(s) "be prepared" in the title:

a storm is coming and we should be prepared when she does.
a workpiece prepared to be welded (on) / for welding (on)
Any idiom for " Be prepared for the tough in times of peace"?
Be mentally prepared vs. work up to
Be prepared
be prepared or prepare
be prepared to
be preparing vs prepared
<Better to be prepared>.
"buckle up" = be prepared?
but above all you need be madly prepared to end it all in love.
I got a soup (to be) prepared by my mother
I may not be well-prepared, [...] Susan (multiple choice question),
lunch will be <prepared / done>
not wanting to be remembered for the ill-prepared result...
One <such> had been prepared for him, and there would be a procession after the service to inter him
People must be well-prepared before they want...
prepare to / be prepared to
prepared for noun to be / prepared that noun is
Subjunctive - so that 'they be prepared'
The doctor told me to prepare/be prepared.. .
to be prepared _____ a topic
to be prepared for/to prepare for
wouldn't be prepared to
You must be prepared to swear black is white
You should be 'prepared'?
you would not be prepared to swear to me
<You>be prepared
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Surgeryto put in proper condition or readiness:
to prepare a patient for surgery.
to get (a meal) ready for eating, as by proper assembling, cooking, etc.
Drugsto manufacture, compound, or compose:
to prepare a cough syrup.
Music and Danceto lead up to (a discord, an embellishment, etc.) by some preliminary tone or tones.

v.i.
to put things or oneself in readiness;
get ready:
to prepare for war.
Latin praeparāre to make ready beforehand, equivalent. to prae- pre- + parāre to set, get ready (akin to parent)
1520–30
pre•par′er, n.

1. provide, arrange, order.
Prepare, contrive, devise imply planning for and making ready for something expected or thought possible.
To prepare is to make ready beforehand for some approaching event, need, and the like:
to prepare a room, a speech.
Contrive and devise emphasize the exercise of ingenuity and inventiveness. The first word suggests a shrewdness that borders on trickery, but this is absent from devise:
to contrive a means of escape; to devise a time-saving method.
3. make.
1. disorganize.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
prepare /prɪˈpɛə/
vb
to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc: to prepare a meal, to prepare to go
to put together using parts or ingredients; compose or construct
(transitive) to equip or outfit, as for an expedition
(transitive) to soften the impact of (a dissonant note) by the use of preparation
be prepared ⇒ (followed by an infinitive) to be willing and able (to do something): I'm not prepared to reveal these figures
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin praeparāre, from prae before + parāre to make ready

preˈparer
n
'be prepared' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
convenience food - dyer's moss - make-ahead - open house - prepare - purine - pyrimidine - ready - stop - wit

Forum discussions with the word(s) "be prepared" in the title:

a storm is coming and we should be prepared when she does.
a workpiece prepared to be welded (on) / for welding (on)
Any idiom for " Be prepared for the tough in times of peace"?
Be mentally prepared vs. work up to
Be prepared
be prepared or prepare
be prepared to
be preparing vs prepared
<Better to be prepared>.
"buckle up" = be prepared?
but above all you need be madly prepared to end it all in love.
I got a soup (to be) prepared by my mother
I may not be well-prepared, [...] Susan (multiple choice question),
lunch will be <prepared / done>
not wanting to be remembered for the ill-prepared result...
One <such> had been prepared for him, and there would be a procession after the service to inter him
People must be well-prepared before they want...
prepare to / be prepared to
prepared for noun to be / prepared that noun is
Subjunctive - so that 'they be prepared'
The doctor told me to prepare/be prepared.. .
to be prepared _____ a topic
to be prepared for/to prepare for
wouldn't be prepared to
You must be prepared to swear black is white
You should be 'prepared'?
you would not be prepared to swear to me
<You>be prepared
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