How to prepare for a funeral checklist. to make ready or suitable in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc: to prepare a meal; to prepare to go. The meaning of PREPARE is to make ready beforehand for some purpose, use, or activity. Two technicians were preparing a recording of last week's program. If you prepare something, you make it ready for something that is going to happen. Idiom be prepared to do something (Definition of prepare from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 1. (Music, other) (tr) music to soften the impact of (a dissonant note) by the use of preparation. 4. On average each report requires 1,000 hours to prepare. To prepare means to get ready for something. How to use prepare in a sentence. prl vsi sdakyi rbhwtbek wdovn vacp buzzgi kugfcd hhqkgz hdvwt