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.

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of prepared¹

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

Example Sentences

Evers, 65, is among 18,000 volunteers who use an app called Food Rescue Hero, linking them to places where they can pick up produce, meat, dairy products and prepared meals that are close to being thrown away.

From Washington Post

Inflation has been low or stable for decades, and the Fed is prepared to tolerate a temporary rise in inflation over its 2 percent target, he said.

From Washington Post

This morning, after donning my most professional sweatshirt, I sat down prepared to focus on work.

From Quartz

“That’s just something that can happen because you’re together and you have your equipment, you’re ready and prepared,” he said.

From Digiday

It found that fewer than half of Maryland kindergartners enter school ready to learn, and fewer than 40 percent of high school graduates are prepared for college or a career.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

He prepared operations south of Samarra and north of Baghdad.

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

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• adapted
• arranged
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