transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪpeə(r) ]
( prepares, preparing, prepared)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you prepare something, you make it ready for something that is going to happen.
Two technicians were preparing a videotape recording of last week’s programme...
The crew of the Iowa has been preparing the ship for storage.
VERB : V n , V n for n
2.
If you prepare for an event or action that will happen soon, you get yourself ready for it or make the necessary arrangements.
The Party leadership is using management consultants to help prepare for the next election...
He had to go back to his hotel and prepare to catch a train for New York...
His doctor had told him to prepare himself for surgery.
VERB : V for n , V to-inf , V pron-refl for n
3.
When you prepare food, you get it ready to be eaten, for example by cooking it.
She made her way to the kitchen, hoping to find someone preparing dinner...
VERB : V n