prepared

B1
US /pɹɪˈpɛɹd/ UK /pɹɪˈpɛəd/
adj verb Freq #1530

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    made ready or fit or suitable beforehand

    a prepared statement

  2. 2
    adj

    having made preparations

    prepared to take risks

  3. 3
    adj

    Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).

    The journalist interviewed an eye-witness who was not prepared to disclose his identity.

  4. 4
    adj

    equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

  5. 5
    verb

    simple past and past participle of prepare

Etymology

From prepare + -ed.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 adj · having made preparations fain
3 adj · disposed, willing, ready... equippedready

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