THESAURUS
prep
arrange, arrangement, basic training, briefing, clear for action, clear the decks, clearing the decks, cure, deploy, dress, equipment, familiarization, fix, fix up, fixing, foundation, get ready, groundwork, make arrangements, make preparations, make ready, makeready, making ready, manufacture, marshal, mobilization, mobilize, plan, planning, prearrange, prearrangement, preliminaries, preliminary, preliminary act, preliminary step, preparation, preparatory study, prepare, preparing, prepping, prerequisite, pretreat, pretreatment, process, processing, propaedeutic, provide, provision, put in shape, ready, ready up, readying, settle preliminaries, spadework, tan, training, treat, treatment, trial, trim, try out, tryout, warm-up