Synonyms for preparing

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pri-pair

Phonetic Transcription : prɪˈpɛər

Définition of preparing

Origin : mid-15c., a back formation from preparation and in part from Middle French preparer (14c.), from Latin praeparare "make ready beforehand" (see preparation). Related: Prepared; preparing. Be prepared as the Boy Scouts' motto is attested from 1911.

noun fitting

Example sentences :

"So is the cook usefully employed while preparing dinner," said Philip.
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

The men were preparing their breakfast, and a temporary halt had been called for that purpose.
Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr

Hubert was preparing to stretch some material on another frame.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Now, with strong reinforcements, he is preparing for a third assault.
Extract from : « Camps, Quarters and Casual Places » by Archibald Forbes

An argument which the future is preparing in answer to the demands of American Socialism.
Extract from : « The Devil's Dictionary » by Ambrose Bierce

The prahus were drawn up upon the bank and the warriors were preparing to eat.
Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs

And so, I am preparing myself to stand the shock of his exclamatory reply.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 2 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Then mix it with the flour in the usual manner of preparing bread.
Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie

Those signals must mean that they're preparing for another raid.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

Isabel ran into the house, and, with one look at the chest, set about preparing her supper.
Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown

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