prepare

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹɪˈpɛː/
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• General-American: /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/
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• General-American: /pɹəˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/
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• rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P R IY0 P EH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Partially a back-formation from preparation; and partially borrowed from Middle French preparer, from Classical Latin praeparāre (“make ready in advance”), from prae- (“pre-”) + parāre (“make ready”). Compare Middle English preparaten (“to prepare”).

275 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: përgatis — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Southern Altai: белендеер (belendeer) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Arabic: جَهَّزَ (jahhaza) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Arabic: حَضَّرَ (ḥaḍḍara) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Arabic: أَعَدَّ (ʔaʕadda) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Arabic: جهز (gahhiz) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Arabic: حضر (ḥaḍḍar) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Arabic: وْجّد (wajjad) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܕܸܪ (hādir) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Armenian: պատրաստել (patrastel) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Azerbaijani: hazırlamaq — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Basque: prestatu — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Basque: atondu — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Basque: gertatu — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Belarusian: гатава́ць (hatavácʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Belarusian: прыгатава́ць (pryhatavácʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Belarusian: рыхтава́ць (ryxtavácʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Belarusian: падрыхтава́ць (padryxtavácʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Bulgarian: подго́твям (podgótvjam) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Burmese: ပြင် (prang) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Burmese: ကိုင် (kuing) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Burmese: ရင် (rang) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Burmese: စီစဉ် (cicany) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Catalan: preparar — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Cebuano: andam — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Chinese Mandarin: 準備 /准备 (zhǔnbèi) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ngazidja Comorian: upanga — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Czech: připravit — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Czech: chystat — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Danish: berede — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Dutch: voorbereiden — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Dutch: prepareren — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Dutch: klaarmaken — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Esperanto: prepari — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Estonian: valmistada — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Estonian: valmistama — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Finnish: valmistella — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Finnish: varustaa — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Finnish: laittaa valmiiksi — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• French: préparer — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Old French: aprester — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Galician: preparar — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Georgian: მომზადება (momzadeba) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Georgian: ამზადებს (amzadebs) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• German: vorbereiten — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• German: präparieren — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌾𐌰𐌽 (manwjan) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Greek: προετοιμάζω (proetoimázo) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Greek: ετοιμάζω (etoimázo) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ancient Greek: σκευάζω (skeuázō) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Haitian Creole: prepare — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Hawaiian: hoʻomākaukau — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Hebrew: הכין (hekhín) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Hiligaynon: handa — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Hiligaynon: aman — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Hindi: तैयार करना (taiyār karnā) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Hungarian: előkészít — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Hungarian: elkészít — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Icelandic: undirbúa — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ilocano: agsagana — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Irish: ullmhaigh — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Irish: réitigh — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Irish: deasaigh — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Istriot: parparà — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Italian: preparare — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Japanese: 準備する (jumbi suru) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Kazakh: дайындау (daiyndau) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Kazakh: әзірлеу (äzırleu) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Kazakh: даярлау (daärlau) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Khmer: រៀប (riəp) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Khmer: សំរួច (sɑmruəc) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Kongo: bongisa — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Korean: 준비하다 (junbihada) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Korean: 마견하다 (magyeonhada) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Kyrgyz: даярдоо (dayardoo) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Kyrgyz: белендөө (belendöö) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Lao: ກຽມ (kīam) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Lao: ຄາດ (khāt) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Latgalian: gatavēt — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Latgalian: rūst — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Latgalian: taiseit — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Latin: parō — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Latvian: gatavot — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Latvian: taisīt — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Lingala: bongisa — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Lithuanian: ruošti — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Lombard: preparà — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Macedonian: подготвува (podgotvuva) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Macedonian: подготви (podgotvi) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Malay: sediakan — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Malay: mempersiapkan — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Malay: mempersediakan — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Māori: whakareri — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Eastern Mari: ышташ (yštaš) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Middle English: forgreithen — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Mongolian: бэлтгэх (beltgex) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Norwegian Bokmål: forberede — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Norwegian Nynorsk: førebu — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Old English: æfnan — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Oromo: qopphaa'uu — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Persian: آماده کردن (âmâde kardan) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Persian: تیار کردن (tayyâr kardan) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Persian: آمودن — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Polish: przygotować — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Polish: przygotowywać — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Portuguese: preparar — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Quechua: allichay — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Romanian: prepara — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Romanian: pregăti — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Russian: гото́вить (gotóvitʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Russian: подгото́вить (podgotóvitʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Russian: пригото́вить (prigotóvitʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Russian: подгота́вливать (podgotávlivatʹ) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Northern Sami: gárvvistit — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: припре́мити — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: прѝправити — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: priprémiti — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Serbo-Croatian: prìpraviti — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Slovak: pripravovať — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Slovak: pripraviť — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Slovene: pripravljati — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Slovene: pripraviti — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Lower Sorbian: pśigótowaś — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Spanish: preparar — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Spanish: aprestar — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Spanish: aparejar — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Swahili: andaa — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Swedish: förbereda — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Tagalog: maghanda — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Tagalog: ihanda — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Tajik: тайёр кардан (tayyor kardan) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Tajik: омода кардан (omoda kardan) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Thai: เตรียม (dtriiam) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Thai: จัด (jàt) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Thai: แต่ง (dtɛ̀ng) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Turkish: hazırlamak — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: حاضرلامق (hazırlamak) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ottoman Turkish: دوزمك (düzmek) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Turkmen: taýýarlamak — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ukrainian: готува́ти (hotuváty) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ukrainian: підготува́ти (pidhotuváty) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ukrainian: приготува́ти (pryhotuváty) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ukrainian: гото́вити (hotóvyty) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Ukrainian: рихтува́ти (ryxtuváty) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Urdu: تیار کرنا (taiyār karnā) — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Uzbek: tayyorlamoq — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Uzbek: hozirlamoq — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Vietnamese: chuẩn bị — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Walloon: aprester — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Walloon: apontyî — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Welsh: paratoi — to make ready for a specific future purpose
• Arabic: وجد (wajjad) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Armenian: պատրաստել (patrastel) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Bulgarian: приго́твям (prigótvjam) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Bulgarian: готвя (gotvja) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Catalan: preparar — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Catalan: fer — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Ngazidja Comorian: upiha — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Czech: připravit — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Danish: tilberede — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Esperanto: pretigi — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Finnish: valmistaa — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Finnish: tehdä — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Finnish: kokata — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Finnish: laittaa — to make ready for eating or drinking
• French: préparer — to make ready for eating or drinking
• French: apprêter — to make ready for eating or drinking
• German: zubereiten — to make ready for eating or drinking
• German: vorbereiten — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Ancient Greek: σκευάζω (skeuázō) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Hebrew: הֵכִין (hechín) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Irish: deasaigh — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Italian: preparare — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Khmer: ហុង (hoŋ) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Khmer: បោប (baop) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Latvian: gatavot — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Māori: taute — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Māori: taka — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Māori: whakataka — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Māori: pihe — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilberede — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Persian: پختن — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Portuguese: preparar — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Portuguese: fazer — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Quechua: wakichiy — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Russian: гото́вить (gotóvitʹ) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Russian: пригото́вить (prigotóvitʹ) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Serbo-Croatian: priprémiti — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Serbo-Croatian: prìpraviti — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Serbo-Croatian: priréditi — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Lower Sorbian: pśigótowaś — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Spanish: preparar — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Swahili: kuandaa — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Swahili: ≈ for kuandalia (sb) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Swedish: förbereda — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Turkish: sofra kurmak — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Turkish: hazırlamak — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Ottoman Turkish: حاضرلامق (hazırlamak) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Ottoman Turkish: دوزمك (düzmek) — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Walloon: aprester — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Walloon: apontyî — to make ready for eating or drinking
• Arabic: اِسْتَعَدَّ (istaʕadda) — to make oneself ready
• Arabic: تَأَهَّبَ (taʔahhaba) — to make oneself ready
• Arabic: وجد راسه (wajjad rāsu) — to make oneself ready
• Armenian: պատրաստվել (patrastvel) — to make oneself ready
• Azerbaijani: hazırlaşmaq — to make oneself ready
• Belarusian: гатава́цца (hatavácca) — to make oneself ready
• Belarusian: прыгатава́цца (pryhatavácca) — to make oneself ready
• Belarusian: рыхтава́цца (ryxtavácca) — to make oneself ready
• Belarusian: падрыхтава́цца (padryxtavácca) — to make oneself ready
• Bulgarian: подго́твям се (podgótvjam se) — to make oneself ready
• Catalan: preparar-se — to make oneself ready
• Cherokee: ᎠᏛᏅᎢᏍᏗᎭ (advnvisdiha) — to make oneself ready
• Chinese Mandarin: 準備 /准备 (zhǔnbèi) — to make oneself ready
• Ngazidja Comorian: udjihuɗumu — to make oneself ready
• Czech: připravit se — to make oneself ready
• Esperanto: prepariĝi — to make oneself ready
• Finnish: valmistautua — to make oneself ready
• Finnish: varautua — to make oneself ready
• Finnish: varustautua — to make oneself ready
• French: se préparer — to make oneself ready
• German: sich vorbereiten — to make oneself ready
• Hebrew: התכונן (hitkonén) — to make oneself ready
• Hungarian: felkészül — to make oneself ready
• Hungarian: készül — to make oneself ready
• Hungarian: előkészül — to make oneself ready
• Irish: ullmhaigh — to make oneself ready
• Irish: stócáil — to make oneself ready
• Italian: prepararsi — to make oneself ready
• Japanese: 準備する (junbi suru) — to make oneself ready
• Khmer: បម្រុង (bɑmroŋ) — to make oneself ready
• Korean: 준비하다 (junbihada) — to make oneself ready
• Latin: paror — to make oneself ready
• Latvian: gatavoties — to make oneself ready
• Middle English: dressen — to make oneself ready
• Persian: آمادن — to make oneself ready
• Polish: przygotowywać się — to make oneself ready
• Polish: przygotować się — to make oneself ready
• Portuguese: preparar-se — to make oneself ready
• Romanian: pregăti — to make oneself ready
• Romanian: prepara — to make oneself ready
• Russian: гото́виться (gotóvitʹsja) — to make oneself ready
• Russian: подгото́виться (podgotóvitʹsja) — to make oneself ready
• Serbo-Croatian: priprémiti se — to make oneself ready
• Serbo-Croatian: sprémiti se — to make oneself ready
• Slovak: pripravovať sa — to make oneself ready
• Slovak: pripraviť sa — to make oneself ready
• Spanish: prepararse — to make oneself ready
• Swahili: andaa — to make oneself ready
• Swedish: förbereda sig — to make oneself ready
• Turkish: hazırlanmak — to make oneself ready
• Ukrainian: готува́тися (hotuvátysja) — to make oneself ready
• Ukrainian: гото́витися (hotóvytysja) — to make oneself ready
• Ukrainian: підготува́тися (pidhotuvátysja) — to make oneself ready
• Ukrainian: приготува́тися (pryhotuvátysja) — to make oneself ready
• Ukrainian: рихтува́тися (ryxtuvátysja) — to make oneself ready
• Walloon: s' aprester — to make oneself ready
• Walloon: s' apontyî — to make oneself ready
• Czech: připravit — to produce by combining elements
• Danish: forberede — to produce by combining elements
• Dutch: voorbereiden — to produce by combining elements
• Finnish: valmistaa — to produce by combining elements
• Finnish: tehdä — to produce by combining elements
• Finnish: laittaa — to produce by combining elements
• French: préparer — to produce by combining elements
• French: combiner — to produce by combining elements
• Khmer: ស្លុក (slok) — to produce by combining elements
• Khmer: ចំអិន (cɑm’ən) — to produce by combining elements
• Latvian: gatavot — to produce by combining elements
• Persian: ساختن — to produce by combining elements
• Swahili: andaa — to produce by combining elements
• Swedish: förbereda — to produce by combining elements
• Ottoman Turkish: دوزمك (düzmek) — to produce by combining elements
• Walloon: aprester — to produce by combining elements
• Walloon: apontyî — to produce by combining elements