{
    "term": "prepare",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "prepare",
            "heSheIt": "prepares"
        },
        "pastSimple": "prepared",
        "pastParticiple": "prepared",
        "ingForm": "preparing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to make something or somebody ready to be used or to do something",
            "sensetop": "prepare something/somebodyprepare something/somebody for somebody/somethingprepare somebody/something to do somethingprepare for something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to prepare a report",
                    "contextForm": "prepare something/somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A hotel room is being prepared for them.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare something/somebody for somebody/something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The college prepares students for a career in business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The training has prepared me to deal with any medical issue.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare somebody/something to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We all set about preparing for the party.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't had time to prepare my arguments properly."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The lectures were carefully prepared."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to prepare students for exams"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["adequately", "properly", "fully"],
                "verb + prepare": ["help (somebody)", "help (somebody) to", "need to"],
                "preposition": ["according to", "for"],
                "phrases": ["prepare for the worst", "time to prepare (something)"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to make yourself ready to do something or for something that you expect to happen",
            "sensetop": "prepare for somethingprepare yourself for somethingprepare yourselfprepare to do somethingprepare yourself to do something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I had no time to prepare."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The whole class is working hard preparing for the exams.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The police are preparing themselves for trouble at the demonstration.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare yourself for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had been preparing myself for this moment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her condition is not improving as we hoped. You must prepare yourselves for the worst."
                },
                {
                    "text": "As I waited, I closed my eyes to mentally prepare myself.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare yourself"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was preparing to leave.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The troops prepared themselves to go into battle.",
                    "contextForm": "prepare yourself to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "How do you go about mentally preparing yourself for a project?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Penn needs to prepare for a medical school interview."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The family are preparing for the worst."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["adequately", "properly", "fully"],
                "verb + prepare": ["help (somebody)", "help (somebody) to", "need to"],
                "preposition": ["according to", "for"],
                "phrases": ["prepare for the worst", "time to prepare (something)"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "to make food ready to be eaten",
            "sensetop": "prepare something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He was in the kitchen preparing lunch."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to prepare meals/food/dinner"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I was busily preparing a salad for the evening meal."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just prepare according to package directions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a meal that is very quick and easy to prepare"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a table full of specially prepared food"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had prepared a chicken casserole for dinner."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The women were busy preparing the wedding feast."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Cooking and eating"],
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["adequately", "properly", "fully"],
                "verb + prepare": ["help (somebody)", "help (somebody) to", "need to"],
                "preposition": ["according to", "for"],
                "phrases": ["prepare for the worst", "time to prepare (something)"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "to make a medicine or chemical substance, for example by mixing other substances together",
            "sensetop": "prepare something (from something)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "remedies prepared from herbal extracts"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to make it possible or easier for something to be achieved",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The committee will prepare the ground for next month's meeting."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Early experiments with rockets prepared the ground for space travel."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeə(r)/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/prepare__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeəz/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/prepares__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeəd/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/prepared__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈpeərɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/preparing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈper/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/prepare__us_4.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈperz/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/prepares__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈperd/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/prepared__us_5.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prɪˈperɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/prepare/preparing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from French préparer or Latin praeparare, from prae ‘before’ + parare ‘make ready’."
}