preparedadjective
uk/prɪˈpeəd/us/prɪˈperd/B1 ready to deal with a situation:
When she called on me, I wasn't prepared.
They were prepared for the worst.
B2 made earlier:
The spokesperson read a prepared statement.
be prepared to do sth
B2 to be willing, or happy to agree to do something:
Would you be prepared to help me get things ready for the party?
People are not really prepared to talk about these kinds of personal problems.
More examples
- We've tried to anticipate the most likely problems, but it's impossible to be prepared for every eventuality.
- We were not prepared for the events that followed .
- Anyone who gambles on the stock exchange has to be prepared to lose money.
- She was prepared to take on the job, with all its associated risks.
- Teachers were not fully prepared for the changes in the exam system.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Ready and willing
- agreeable
- amenable
- at sb's beck and call idiom
- at your command idiom
- be good to go idiom
- command
- disposed
- eager
- fain
- find it in your heart to do sth idiom
- game
- gamely
- keen
- raring
- readily
- readiness
- ready
- ripe for sth idiom
- shape
- speed
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