prepared

English

Etymology

From prepare + -ed.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpɛəd/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpɛɹd/, /pɹəˈpɛɹd/

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• (Australian) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpeːd/, /pɹəˈpeːd/
• (New Zealand, without the cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpeəd/
• (New Zealand, cheer–chair merger) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈpiəd/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpeɹd/
• (Lancashire, fair–fur merger) IPA^(key): /pɹɪˈpɜː(ɹ)d/
• Hyphenation: pre‧pared
• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d

Adjective

prepared (comparative more prepared, superlative most prepared)

1. (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.

   Are you prepared to testify in court?

Synonyms

• equipped
• ready

Hyponyms

• well-prepared

Derived terms

• ill-prepared
• nonprepared
• preparedly
• prepared mustard
• preparedness
• prepared piano
• prepared statement
• underprepared
• unprepared

Translations

ready, willing

• Albanian: gati (sq)
• Armenian: պատրաստ (hy) (patrast)
• Basque: prest, prestatu
• Bikol:

  Central Bikol: handa (bcl)

• Catalan: preparat, disposat (ca)
• Cebuano: andam
• French: préparé (fr)
• German: bereit (de)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌿𐍃 (manwus)
• Greek: προετοιμασμένος (el) (proetoimasménos), έτοιμος (el) (étoimos)

  Ancient Greek: ἑτοῖμος (hetoîmos)

• Hebrew: נכון (he) (naˈꭓon), מוכן m (muˈꭓan)
• Hiligaynon: handa, mahinandaon
• Hindi: तत्पर (hi) (tatpar), उद्यत (hi) (udyat), इच्छुक (hi) (icchuk)
• Icelandic: viðbúinn
• Ilocano: sagana
• Indonesian: siap (id)
• Irish: réidh
• Kashubian: gòtów, fertich, parôt, kapôwen
• Latin: parātus (la)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klar (no)

• Plautdietsch: reed
• Romanian: pregătit (ro)
• Russian: гото́вый (ru) (gotóvyj), подгото́вленный (ru) (podgotóvlennyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: sprȅman (sh), prìprēmljen
• Slovak: pripravený
• Spanish: preparado (es)
• Swedish: beredd (sv), klar (sv), parat (sv), redo (sv)
• Tagalog: handa
• Tamil: தயார் (ta) (tayār)
• Tocharian B: ārwer
• Turkish: hazır (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: حاضر (hazır)

Verb

prepared

1. simple past and past participle of prepare

References

• “prepared”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• dapperer