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prepared

[ pri-paird ]

adjective

  1. properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready:

    prepared for a hurricane.

  2. (of food) processed by the manufacturer or seller, by cooking, cleaning, or the like, so as to be ready to serve or use with little or no further preparation.


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Other Words From

  • pre·par·ed·ly [pri-, pair, -id-lee, -, paird, -lee], adverb
  • self-pre·pared adjective
  • super·pre·pared adjective
  • unpre·pared adjective
  • unpre·pared·ly adverb
  • well-pre·pared adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of prepared1

First recorded in 1520–30; prepare + -ed 2

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Example Sentences

Today, the city is an Asian hipster outpost, with shopping malls, clothing boutiques, and mixologist-prepared cocktails.

He prepared operations south of Samarra and north of Baghdad.

Luckily, Tor was prepared for this sort of assault, and has built-in defenses to protect against it.

Divide batter into prepared ramekins, place ramekins on a baking sheet, and bake about 20 minutes.

This can also be prepared a few days in advance and stored, covered, in the fridge.

He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.

And I have not had the first morsel of food prepared from this grain offered me since I reached the shores of Europe.

She was therefore prepared to sustain her part in the drama Routemberg was bringing on the tapis.

Hydrogen sulphid is easily prepared in the simple apparatus shown in Fig. 30.

But if you restrict it, to the sense in which it is commonly applied to the angelic sex, I am not prepared to answer.

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