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Princeton's WordNet

  1. preparedadjective

    made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

    "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"

  2. disposed(p), fain, inclined(p), preparedadjective

    having made preparations

    "prepared to take risks"

  3. preparedadjective

    equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

    "graduates well equipped to handle such problems"; "equipped to be a scholar"

Wiktionary

  1. preparedadjective

    Willing.

    The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.

ChatGPT

  1. prepared

    Prepared refers to the state of being ready or fully equipped for something, be it a task, an event, or a situation. It usually involves planning, organizing, and setting up necessary measures or materials in advance. It can also refer to making someone ready or able to deal with something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Preparedadjective

    made fit or suitable; adapted; ready; as, prepared food; prepared questions

Editors Contribution

  1. preparedverb

    Verb form of the word prepare.

    Preparing food is easy as it's a simple task.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'prepared' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2031

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'prepared' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1472

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'prepared' in Adjectives Frequency: #261

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of prepared in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of prepared in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of prepared in a Sentence

  1. Ashish Jha:

    If we can spread those infections out over many weeks, and in fact, actually over many months, then yeah I think our hospitals can get there, but they're gon na have to start working now and getting prepared for what is going to be a lot of cases, we did not consider a situation like this today.

  2. Amin Nasser:

    We have always said that Aramco is ready whenever the shareholder makes a decision to list and as you heard from his Royal Highness Prince Abdulaziz yesterday that it is going to be very soon, so we are prepared — that's the bottom line.

  3. Kamala Harris:

    I love my country, and I feel a sense of responsibility to stand up and fight for the best of who we are, i'm prepared to fight and I know how to fight.

  4. Ken Cuccinelli:

    I had testimony prepared and had my schedule clear to show up at this morning's hearing, instead, the committee majority decided that they would rather put on a show for the media.

  5. Rod Ponton:

    My assistant here, she’s trying to, but I’m prepared to go forward with it, i’m here live. I’m not a cat.

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