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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Preparation | Verb: prepare; get ready, make ready; make preparations, settle preliminaries, get up, sound the note of preparation. set in order, put in order; (arrange); forecast; (plan) prepare the ground, plow the ground, dress the ground; till the soil, cultivate the soil; predispose, sow the seed, lay a train, dig a mine; lay the groundwork, fix the groundwork, lay the basis, fix the basis, lay the foundations, fix the foundations; dig the foundations, erect the scaffolding; lay the first stone; (begin). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: MAKE READY |
| English words defined with "MAKE READY": Bowne, Busk ♦ Darrain, Dite ♦ gear up, Greith ♦ marshal, mobilise, mobilize ♦ prepare ♦ ready ♦ set, set up, summon ♦ To put to bed, To shape one's self. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "MAKE READY": Arms of England, ASSISTANT-PRESS OPERATOR ♦ bindery operator, BINDERY WORKER ♦ flexographic-press helper ♦ table worker ♦ web-press-operator assistant. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "MAKE READY": Pentateuch. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Make ready to land our troops beyond their energy field, and deploy the fleet, so that nothing gets off the system (Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; writing credit: George Lucas; Leigh Brackett) Make ready to welcome your princess (Sleeping Beauty; writing credit: Milt Banta; Winston Hibler) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | The theatre movement from angel to storehouse: three, to make ready. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
Expression using "MAKE READY": To make ready. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "MAKE READY"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | përgatit (coach, compose, concoct, cook up, dispense, dress, fit, fit up, get, get ready, get up, make, make up, mix up, mobilize, prepare, produce, qualify, stage-manage, train), gatis (prepare). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | приготвям (fix, get ready, make, make up, prepare, put up, ready), подготвям (equip, fit, get up, precede, prelude, prepare, string up, tee up, train, tutor, work up). (various references) | |
Chinese | 備 (preparation, preparatory, to make ready, to prepare). (various references) | |
Czech | přichystat se. (various references) | |
German | zurichtung (dressing, finishing, justification, justifying, overlay), rüsten (arm, prepare, scaffold, set up, setting-up), klarmachen (clear, explain, make clear, make-clear). (various references) | |
Greek | ετοιμάζω (brew, concoct, get ready, prepare, prime). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לעת" (destine, prepare for the future, reserve), ל"תקין (adjust, arrange, establish, fit, install). (various references) | |
Hungarian | elkészít (did, done, fabricate, to cook, to dispense, to do, to make ready, to make up). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | akemay eadyray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | preparar-se (brew, busk, get ready, to prepareoneself, train), aprontar (finish, get ready, make, prepare, ready). (various references) | |
Romanian | pregãti (coach, compose, concoct, cook, do, dress, fit, get up, lay out, make, prepare, prime, put in, train, tutor). (various references) | |
Russian | наготавливать (prepare). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | pripremiti (brace, prearrange, prepare). (various references) | |
Spanish | preparar (build, coach, cook up, dispense, do, draft, draught, draw up, extract, get, get out, get up, infuse, ingrain, lay, lead up, make, make up, poise, prepare, prime, put up, ready, tee up, train, train up). (various references) | |
Turkish | hazırlamak (arrange, coach, concoct, engross, equip, formulate, groom, knock up, lay, lay out, prepare, set, set by, stage, work up), hazır etmek. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | збиратися (agglomerate, amass, assemble, band, be about, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, get ready, get together, meet, muster, pick oneself up, rally), підготовляти (arrange, get ready, prepare, ready). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adapto, adparatu, adparatum, adparatus, apparare, apparere, apparet, expediat, expedit, expediti, expeditorum, expeditos, expediunt, parare, praeparo, praeparo, preparo. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 14, Verse 15 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai autoV umin deixei anwgeon mega estrwmenon etoimon ekei etoimasate hmin |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et ipse vobis demonstrabit cenaculum grande stratum et illic parate nobis |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And he inc ge-swuteleð micele hallege-þefte. & ge-gerewiað us þare. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he schal schewe to you a grete soupyng place arayed, and there make ye redi to vs. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And he will shewe you a greate parlour paved and prepared: there make ready for vs. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he will show you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he will take you up himself to a great room with a table and seats: there make ready for us. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 14, Verse 15 |
| Cebuano | Ug iyang ipakita kaninyo ang usa ka dakung lawak sa itaas, nga sinangkapan ug andam na; paghikay kamo didto alang kanato." |
| Chinese | 他 必 指 給 們 " 設 整 齊 的 一 " 大 " 、 們 就 在 那 裡 為 我 們 豫 備 。 |
| Croatian | I on æe vam pokazati na katu veliko blagovalište, prostrto i spremljeno. Ondje nam pripravite." |
| Danish | Og han skal vise eder en stor Sal, opdækket og rede; og der skulle I berede det for os." |
| Dutch | En hij zal u wijzen een grote opperzaal, toegerust en gereed; bereidt het ons aldaar. |
| Finnish | Ja hän näyttää teille suuren huoneen yläkerrassa, valmiiksi laitetun; valmistakaa meille sinne." |
| French | Et il vous montrera une grande chambre haute, meublée et toute prête: c`est l que vous nous préparerez la Pâque. |
| Gaelic | Agus fiachaidh e dhuibh seomar-bidh farsuinn lan-uidheamaichte; deasaichibh an sin dhuinn. |
| German | Und er wird euch einen großen Saal zeigen, der mit Polstern versehen und bereit ist; daselbst richtet für uns zu. |
| Haitian Creole | La moutre nou yon gwo chanm, tou pare tou meble, anwo kay la. Se la n'a pare manje Delivrans lan pou nou tout. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang itu akan menunjukkan kepadamu sebuah ruangan atas yang besar. Ruangan itu sudah teratur, lengkap dengan perabotannya. Siapkanlah semuanya di sana untuk kita." |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka ia pun akan menunjukkan kepadamu suatu bilik besar di atas, yang terlengkap dengan indahnya, di sana sediakanlah Pasah itu bagi kita." |
| Italian | Egli vi mostrer al piano superiore una grande sala con i tappeti, gia pronta; l preparate per noi». |
| Maori | A mana tonu e whakaatu ki a korua he ruma nui i runga, oti rawa te whariki, te whakapai: hei reira taka ai ma tatou. |
| Norwegian | Og han skal vise eder en stor sal, som står ferdig med benker og hynder, og der skal I gjøre det i stand for oss. |
| Portuguese | E ele vos mostrará um grande cenáculo mobiliado e pronto; aí fazei-nos os preparativos. |
| Rumanian | Wi are sq vq arate o odaie mare de sus, awternutq gata: acolo sq pregqtiyi pentru noi.`` |
| Shuar | Nu nérentin, Yakí Písunam uunt tesamunam Ashí iwiaramun iniakturmastatrume. Nui Jísat ii najanatin iwiaratarum" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Y él os mostrará un gran aposento alto ya dispuesto y preparado. Preparad allí para nosotros. |
| Swahili | Naye atawaonyesha chumba kikubwa ghorofani kilichotayarishwa na kupambwa. Tuandalieni humo." |
| Swedish | Då skall han visa eder en stor sal i övre våningen, tillredd och ordnad för måltid; reden till åt oss där." |
| Uma | Pue' tomi toe mpai' mpotudo' -kokoi hameha' kamar to hi lolo-na to bohe. Kamar toe teporodo ami' -mi, hono' -mi rewa-na. Hi retu-mokoi mpai' mporodo-taka pongkoni' Paskah-ta." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: makeready. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-e-e-k-m-r-y" | |
-2 letters: daymare. | |
-3 letters: dekare, demark, dreamy, marked, medaka, reamed, remade, remake, remedy, yerked. | |
-4 letters: adeem, ameer, areae, armed, damar, deary, deray, derma, drake, drama, dream, eared, edema, emery, emyde, karma, keyed, madre, makar, maker, mayed, merde, raked, rakee, ramee, rayed, ready, redye, reedy, reeky, rekey, ryked. | |
-5 letters: aery, akee, arak, area, army, dame, dare, dark. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-e-e-k-m-r-y" | |
+3 letters: daydreamlike. | |
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| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Modern 3. Images: Photo Album 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Bible Trace 8. Anagrams | 9. Bibliography |
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