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PREPARED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources
Example:
equipped to be a scholar
Classified under:
Similar:
equipped; equipt (provided or fitted out with what is necessary or useful or appropriate)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
Example:
be prepared for emergencies
Classified under:
Similar:
braced (positioned so as to be ready for confrontation or danger)
embattled (prepared for battle)
equipped; fitted out (prepared with proper equipment)
oven-ready (prepared before sale and ready to be cooked)
preconditioned (having already been put into a suitable condition)
precooked (cooked partially or completely beforehand)
processed (subjected to a special process or treatment)
ready (made suitable and available for immediate use)
spread (prepared or arranged for a meal; especially having food set out)
up ((usually followed by 'on' or 'for') in readiness)
Also:
ready (completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress)
Antonym:
unprepared (without preparation; not prepared for)
Derivation:
preparedness (the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having made preparations
Example:
prepared to take risks
Synonyms:
disposed; fain; inclined; prepared
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
willing (disposed or inclined toward)
Derivation:
preparedness (the state of having been made ready or prepared for use or action (especially military action))
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb prepare
Context examples:
Mary need not have feared her sister's being in any degree prepared for the news.
(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)
It is prepared by a recognized authority.
(Pharmacopoeia, NCI Dictionary)
But I am prepared to give you a few indications which will be of interest.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"We are prepared," said Mrs. March, smiling but looking a little anxious.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
But I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
In about a month, when all was prepared, I sent to receive his majesty’s commands, and to take my leave.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
A solid contained within either a hard or soft soluble shell, usually prepared from gelatin.
(Capsule Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)
A compact roll of tobacco leaves prepared for smoking.
(Cigar, NCI Thesaurus)
We are both prepared to swear that no one could have entered the room during the night.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At the end of the P20 grant cycle, the organization should be prepared to submit a CCSG application.
(Cancer Center Planning Grant, NCI Thesaurus)
