prepare
part of speech
verb (prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing)
meaning for a pupil
1) To prepare is to make something ready to use. tree →
2) To get yourself ready for something that will happen, like a test or a trip. tree →
3) To make food ready to eat. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: In the Torah it often means to get an offering or altar ready for God. Interpretation: The rules for offerings say how much grain, oil and wine to prepare. Balaam's seven altars imitate the sacrifices of the patriarchs. In the primary lessons: Used at school: prepare for a test, prepare a presentation. In everyday life: prepare dinner, prepare for a storm. Safety: prepare an emergency kit. Phrases: "be prepared" (the Scouts' motto), "prepare for", "prepared to" (willing to).
examples
- According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do for every one according to their number. (Torah NUM.15.12, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.' (Torah NUM.23.1, JPS 1917) tree →
- and wine for the drink-offering, the fourth part of a hin, shalt thou prepare with the burnt-offering or for the sacrifice, for each lamb. (Torah NUM.15.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay; (Writings JOB.27.16, JPS 1917) tree →
- Without my fault, they run and prepare themselves; awake Thou to help me, and behold. (Writings PSA.59.5, JPS 1917) tree →
- Thy flock settled therein; Thou didst prepare in Thy goodness for the poor, O God. (Writings PSA.68.11, JPS 1917) tree →
- We prepared for the spelling test. tree →
- Dad is preparing dinner. tree →
- Prepare your materials before you start the experiment. tree →
- The town prepared for the storm. tree →
- Be prepared and take a raincoat. tree →
- I am not prepared to give up. tree →
- She prepared a talk about volcanoes. tree →
- When he got there he began to prepare a grave. tree →
note
Noun: preparation. "Prepared to do something" can mean "willing to". Follows with "for" + noun: prepare for the race.
In the corpora
- And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
- According to the number that ye may prepare, so shall ye do for every one according to their number.
- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
- And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.'
- Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man;
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prepare» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.