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prepared

/pɹɪˈpɛəd/ UK
/pɹɪˈpɛɹd/ Canada, US
/pɹəˈpɛɹd/ Canada, US
/pɹɪˈpeːd/ Australia
/pɹəˈpeːd/ Australia
/pɹəˈpeəd/ New Zealand
/pɹəˈpiəd/
/pɹɪˈpeɹd/ Scotland
/pɹɪˈpɜː(ɹ)d/

Rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

From prepare + -ed.

adjective more prepared · most prepared

followed by the preposition to Disposed, willing, ready (to do something). The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.
Similar: equipped, ready

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of prepare

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: ready, willing, processed, disposed, spread, up, precooked, inclined, embattled, fain, braced, equipt, equipped, fitted out, preconditioned, readiness

Translations

Every language

adj ready, willing

Español	preparado
हिन्दी	तत्पर tatpar, उद्यत udyat, इच्छुक icchuk
Français	préparé
Deutsch	bereit
Ελληνικά	προετοιμασμένος proetoimasménos, έτοιμος étoimos
Română	pregătit
Русский	гото́вый gotóvyj, подгото́вленный podgotóvlennyj
עברית	נכון naˈꭓon, מוכן muˈꭓan

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@misc{prepared_2026,
  title = {prepared},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/prepared},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}