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/ prɪˈpɛərd / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective properly expectant, organized, or equipped; ready: prepared for a hurricane.
(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.
Origin of prepared First recorded in 1520–30; prepare + -ed2
OTHER WORDS FROM prepared pre·par·ed·ly [pri-pair -id-lee, -paird -lee], /prɪˈpɛər ɪd li, -ˈpɛərd li/, 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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Ismar, wishing to give his body a splendid funeral, prepared a banquet of royal bounty to increase the splendour of the obsequies.
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Once he moved cautiously toward the place they had prepared for Diane.
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Be Prepared for trouble and for enemies as well as to help someone.
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