prepare definition

1. to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
• examples: prepare a report
• examples: prepare a speech
2. educate for a future role or function
• examples: He is grooming his son to become his successor
• examples: The prince was prepared to become King one day
• examples: They trained him to be a warrior
3. lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
• examples: prepare the discord in bar 139