prepare for

Verb

Meaning

prepare mentally or emotionally for something unpleasant

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

prime season coach prepare anticipate visualize foresee foretell prophesy foretaste prevision prognosticate look for brace oneself for steel oneself against
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Antonyms

improvise busk extemporize ad lib toss off ad libitum
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Hypernyms

harden indurate inure

Examples

God did not send you to earth to live comfortably, rather to prepare for eternal life. Nikolaj Velimirovic

Preparation is very important. The pitcher is going to do his job and prepare for you so you as a hitter must do the same. I always watch videotape of pitchers before the game and even sometimes during. Albert Pujols

Prepare for the unknown by studying how others in the past have coped with the unforeseeable and the unpredictable. George S. Patton

If you want peace, prepare for war. English Proverb

For tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. African Proverb

For a poor man, to prepare for a trip means belt himself. Russian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

prepare prepare ahead prepare as a fondue prepare for combat prepare for printing prepare oneself