prepare
/pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.55 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "We prepared the spacecraft for takeoff."
- "that they may prepare a city for habitation"
- "our souls, not yet prepared for upper light"
- "We prepared a fish for dinner."
- "We prepared for a bumpy ride."
- "As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once."
Etymology
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”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /pɹɪˈpɛ(ə)ɹ/
- British English: /pɹɪˈpɛə/
Usage
Inflected Forms
prepares (present, singular)
preparing (participle, present)
prepared (participle, past)
prepared (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
prepared (first person, past)
preparest (archaic, present)
prepared (past, second person)
preparedst (archaic, past)
prepareth (archaic, present)
prepared (past, singular)