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1. The activity of getting ready for some future act or event
   - preparation

1. (of food) combine or process (e.g. heat) to make ready for eating
   - cook, fix [informal], make, prepare
    
2. Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
   "Get the children ready for school!";
   - fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set

Type of: activity, alter, change, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, modify

Encyclopedia: Ready, Set, Zoom!