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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. Reggy McDaniel:

    Wow, what a horrible message. How about we build a wall around your store ? Only supported because you are a small business but since you are political and on the wrong side of your customers... You got ta be dumbest most out if touch owners on earth... A few people, however, did express their support for the business and its right to free speech. Looks like I need to start shopping at Macs. He has my support. Freedom of speech people. Stand strong !! Wish I lived closer I would absolutely shop there ! God bless the USA !! FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK FOR MORE FOX LIFESTYLE NEWS Macs Fresh Market owner, Reggy McDaniel, told KALB the message was meant to share Fresh Market owner faith with others. If I used a political message, and Im very aware its political, to highlight Jesus Christ, then Im guilty of it, thats my meaning of the whole thing is are people prepared to go to heaven or are they not. I thought it was a perfect time because everybody is talking about the border, some people want it, some dont want us to have one. The only thing I was shocked about was that its racist. I have never in my life been accused of being a racist, Im 70 years old ; I havent evolved into one.

  2. Kadri Simson:

    Our immediate priority is to protect Europe's consumers, especially the most vulnerable, second, we want to make our energy system better prepared and more resilient, so we don't have to face a similar situation in the future.

  3. Sophie Swetchine:

    We expect everything and are prepared for nothing.

  4. Damian Lillard:

    He stays ready, he’s always prepared, he’s always working on his shots at game speed. That’s something you got to give him a lot of credit for. He didn’t play the first 15-20 games and he has been ready. That’s who he is.

  5. Unified Police Department:

    All eight skiers were well prepared and had the necessary equipment for the conditions.

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