prepared

[ pri-paird ]

adjective

1. properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready:

   prepared for a hurricane.

2. (of food) processed by the manufacturer or seller, by cooking, cleaning, or the like, so as to be ready to serve or use with little or no further preparation.

Other Words From

• pre·par·ed·ly [pri-, pair, -id-lee, -, paird, -lee], adverb
• self-pre·pared adjective
• super·pre·pared adjective
• unpre·pared adjective
• unpre·pared·ly adverb
• well-pre·pared adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of prepared¹

First recorded in 1520–30; prepare + -ed ²

Example Sentences

“He’s got a big agenda,” McCarthy said, adding that Trump is better prepared to govern than he was eight years ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Before Gaetz's resignation was announced, he said, the House was prepared to expel him just as they did former Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., last year.

From Salon

Mr Leanders says many of friends are still "so traumatised by the beatings they are not even prepared to talk about it".

From BBC

The 1982 report, prepared by Anglican clergyman Mark Ruston, about the canings said "the scale and severity of the practice was horrific", with accounts of boys beaten so badly they bled, with one describing how he needed to wear nappies until his wounds scabbed over.

From BBC

"They're a very pacifist society. They don't fight, they don't argue, so I wasn't really prepared for these big bullies in school. But I just got through it."

From BBC

Related Words

• able
• adapted
• arranged
• groomed
• inclined
• planned
• processed
• qualified
• willing