prepared

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UK/pɹɪˈpɛəd/Canada, US/pɹɪˈpɛɹd/Canada, US/pɹəˈpɛɹd/Australia/pɹɪˈpeːd/

adjective

Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).

“Are you prepared to testify in court?”

Similar
equippedreadybracedembattledfitted outoven-readydisposedfain
Opposite
unprepared
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Meanings

adjectiveprepared (comparative more prepared, superlative most prepared)

comparative more prepared · superlative most prepared

  1. Disposed, willing, ready (to do something).

    Are you prepared to testify in court?

    1 more example

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

    Synonyms: equipped, ready

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of prepare

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDisposed, willing, ready (to do something).

Similar
equippedready

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivemade ready or fit or suitable beforehand

Similar
bracedembattledequippedfitted outoven-ready
Opposite
unprepared

adjectivehaving made preparations

Similar
disposedfaininclinedwilling

adjectiveequipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

Similar
equippedequipt
Also see
acquiescentbraceddisposedembattledequippedfaininclinedoven-readypottedprocessedreadyset upspreadupwilling

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From prepare + -ed.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἑτοῖμος
  • ἑτοῖμος (hetoîmos)ready, willing
Basque prest, prestatu
  • prestready, willing
  • prestatuready, willing
Catalan preparat, disposat
  • preparatready, willing
  • disposatready, willing
Finnish valmis, valmistautunut
  • valmisready, willing
  • valmistautunutready, willing
French préparé
  • préparéready, willing
German bereit
  • bereitready, willing
Greek προετοιμασμένος, έτοιμος
  • προετοιμασμένος (proetoimasménos)ready, willing
  • έτοιμος (étoimos)ready, willing
Hebrew נכון, מוכן
  • נכון (naˈꭓon)ready, willing
  • מוכן (muˈꭓan)ready, willing
Hindi तत्पर, उद्यत
  • तत्पर (tatpar)ready, willing
  • उद्यत (udyat)ready, willing
  • इच्छुक (icchuk)ready, willing
Icelandic viðbúinn
  • viðbúinnready, willing
Indonesian siap
  • siapready, willing
Irish réidh
  • réidhready, willing
Latin parātus
  • parātusready, willing
Norwegian Bokmål klar
  • klarready, willing
Romanian pregătit
  • pregătitready, willing
Russian гото́вый, подгото́вленный
  • гото́вый (gotóvyj)ready, willing
  • подгото́вленный (podgotóvlennyj)ready, willing
Slovak pripravený
  • pripravenýready, willing
Spanish preparado
  • preparadoready, willing
Swedish beredd, klar
  • bereddready, willing
  • klarready, willing
  • paratready, willing
  • redoready, willing
Tagalog handa
  • handaready, willing
Tamil தயார்
  • தயார் (tayār)ready, willing
Turkish hazır
  • hazırready, willing

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with prepared

sharedscaredhairedairedsquaredpairedBairdlairdflaredblack-hairedE=mc²reardscaaaredstaired
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Cite this entry
APA

prepared. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepared

MLA

“prepared.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepared. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “prepared,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/prepared.

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