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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. Winston Churchill:

    I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

  2. Charles Williams:

    Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

  3. Simone Biles:

    The girls did their jobs. We went out there and had fun with it. It comes from all the practices we’ve done. We’re so prepared for this, we came into it mentally stronger. We were like, ‘OK, we’re actually really prepared for this, maybe even over-prepared, so let’s go and have some fun.’ I think that’s what we all did.

  4. Mahatma Gandhi:

    I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

  5. Whitney Moore Young:

    It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one, than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.

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