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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. Mike Pompeo:

    As President Ghani emphasized in President Ghani statement to the Afghan people, peace talks by necessity would include a discussion of the role of international actors and forces, the United States is prepared to support, facilitate, and participate in these discussions.

  2. Ardo Hansson:

    We can use a wide range of non-standard monetary policy measures and close cooperation with other central banks. We are prepared to implement these capabilities if needed.

  3. Mark Leibovich:

    The really depressing thing about her and Clinton World is you look at Trump and you look at her and you say, 'OK, it's apples to oranges. This person is prepared. She's experienced. She knows the world.' ... And then you wake up November whatever and Hillary Clinton is the next president and, you know, a lot of America is feeling good that, you know, this menace has been left at the door, and then you wake up and you see, you know, Sid Blumenthal and Mark Penn and, you know, David Brock lining up to become senior advisers to the president. And you're like, 'Oh, this is what we're all feeling good about?'.

  4. Anote Tong:

    There's no harm in being prepared.

  5. Robert Mueller:

    Russians massively intervened in 2016 and they are prepared to do so again in voting that is set to begin a mere eight months from now.

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