- prepare
- prepare, fit, qualify, condition, ready are comparable when they mean to make someone or something ready.Prepare is the most inclusive of these terms; it implies a process, often a complicated process, involving a making ready, a getting ready, or a putting in readiness one or more persons or things{
prepare ground for a crop
}{prepare a corpse for burial
}{prepare a person for bad news
}{made a few notes for a paper I was preparing— Dahl
}Fit is more limited in its scope than prepare: it suggests a making a person or thing fit for or suitable to a particular end or objective{Accomplishments, fitting him to shine both in active and elegant life— Irving
}{I had fitted myself to do everything, from sweeping out to writing the editorials— White
}{the soldier's efforts to fit himself into the new world made possible by his sweat and blood— Wecter
}Qualify (see also MODERATE) stresses the implication that a person's fitness for a duty, office, function, or status requires the fulfillment of some necessary conditions, such as taking certain courses of study or training, an examination, or an oath{do not let druggists prescribe for you; they are not qualified to treat syphilis— Fishbein
}{his extensive knowledge of foreign languages specially qualified him for such service— A. P. Wills
}Condition implies a getting into or a bringing to the condition that is proper or necessary for a person or, more often, a thing to satisfy a particular purpose or use{condition air by purification, humidification, and adjustment of temperature
}{condition an athletic team by exercise and practice
}{condition cattle for show or market
}Ready emphasizes a putting a thing into order, especially for use, or a making ready a person for action{ready a bedroom for the use of a guest
}{the whole town took part in helping to ready the outdoor theater— Marguerite Johnson
}{the expedition readied itself during the summer— Handling
}
New Dictionary of Synonyms. 2014.
