"prepare ahead" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prepares ahead",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preparing ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prepared ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prepared ahead",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "prepare ahead (third-person singular simple present prepares ahead, present participle preparing ahead, simple past and past participle prepared ahead)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"ahead\"",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time."
      ],
      "id": "en-prepare_ahead-en-verb-nfrdxjSC",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prepare ahead"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "prepares ahead",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "preparing ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prepared ahead",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "prepared ahead",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "prepare ahead (third-person singular simple present prepares ahead, present participle preparing ahead, simple past and past participle prepared ahead)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs formed with \"ahead\"",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To make food before a meal; to prep meal ingredients so as to make it easy to cook a meal at the correct time."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "prepare ahead"
}