1 [notbeforenoun] ~ (for sth) ready and able to deal with sth:
I was not prepared for all the problems it caused. * We'll be better prepared next time. * When they set out they were well prepared.
OPPUNPREPARED
seealsoILL-PREPARED
2 ~ to do sth willing to do sth:
We are not prepared to accept these conditions. * How much are you prepared to pay?
OPPUNPREPARED
3 done, made, written, etc. in advance:
The police officer read out a prepared statement. * I usually buy packs of prepared vegetables to save time.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for prepared is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is prepared a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, prepared is tagged as adjective.
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