prepared

English

Pronunciation

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

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• Rhymes: -ɛə(ɹ)d
• Hyphenation: pre‧pared

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.

Hyponyms

• well-prepared

Translations

ready, willing

• Armenian: պատրաստ (hy) (patrast)
• Catalan: preparat, disposat (ca)
• German: bereit (de)
• Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌿𐍃 (manwus)
• Greek: προετοιμασμένος (el) (proetoimasménos), έτοιμος (el) (étoimos)

  Ancient: ἑτοῖμος (hetoîmos)

• Hebrew: נכון‎ (he) (naˈꭓon), מוכן‎ m (muˈꭓan)
• Icelandic: viðbúinn
• Latin: parātus (la)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klar (no)

• 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)
• Turkish: hazır (tr)

Verb

prepared

1. simple past tense and past participle of prepare

Derived terms

• be prepared

References

• prepared at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• dapperer