Collocations for "prepare"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "prepare" in context.
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prepare
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- prepare to be [amazed, shocked, awed]
- prepare to [hear, see, go, take]
- prepare for [work, vacation, school, the day]
- prepare for the [exam, test, final]
- prepare [in advance, ahead of time]
- prepare a [report, plan, draft]
- prepare [food, lunch]
- preparing [steak, the vegetables] for [dinner]
- preparing for [college, war, winter]
- (warned to) prepare for the worst
- prepare yourself for the [party, interview, date]
- mentally prepare yourself
- the [troops, soldiers, students, workers] prepared themselves
- prepare and [submit, present, deliver]
- prepare your child for [the world, life]
- prepared [carefully, meticulously, without thought]
- prepared with [love, care]
- prepared for [anything, whatever, it]
'prepare' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Christmas
- abstract
- ahead
- analysis
- arrival
- bath
- battered
- beforehand
- blending
- boar
- canvas
- clay
- closet
- cocktail
- coming
- consultation
- cookie
- departure
- dissertation
- distribution
- draft
- flying
- fruit
- funeral
- gathering
- handout
- harvest
- hoe
- hustle
- landing
- looming
- lunch
- meal
- much
- outgoing
- pasta
- picnic
- popcorn
- presentation
- remedy
- roast
- sauce
- scenario
- smoothie
- spaghetti
- specimen
- spectacular
- theme
- waiver
- weir