- preparation, readying - the activity of putting or setting in order in advance of some act or purpose; "preparations for the ceremony had begun"
--1 is a kind of activity
--1 has particulars:fire control; deployment; groundwork; makeready; priming; planning; turnaround, turnround; warm-up, tune-up, prolusion Derived form: verb ready2
- cook, fix, ready, make, prepare - prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
--1 is one way to create from raw material, create from raw stuff
Sample sentence:
The chefs ready the vegetables
- fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
--2 is one way to change, alter, modify
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun ready1, noun readying1
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE