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# prepared

«prepared» in Mova's school dictionary: **ready for something: «I am prepared for the test.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (prepared, more prepared); verb form (past of prepare: prepare, prepares, prepared, preparing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Prepared means ready for something: «I am prepared for the test.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#m1)

2) Prepared means made ready earlier: «a prepared speech». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#m2)

3) «Prepared to» means willing to do something: «I'm prepared to help.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#m3)

4) It is also the past form of «prepare»: to get something ready. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In safety lessons «be prepared» is a key idea: have a plan and a kit for emergencies (the Scouts' motto is «Be Prepared»). In school, being prepared means bringing your books and doing revision. Phrases: «be prepared for», «well prepared», «prepared to», «prepared food», «come prepared».

### examples

- Be prepared: always carry water on a hike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x1)
- She was well prepared for the exam. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x2)
- Dad prepared dinner while we laid the table. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x3)
- Are you prepared to say sorry? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x4)
- Come to class prepared with a pencil and ruler. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x5)
- The town was prepared for the storm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x6)
- We prepared a poster for the science fair. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x7)
- So he prepared a great and gleeful feast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/#x8)

### note

«Prepare» → «prepared» (add -d). Opposite: «unprepared». «Prepared for» + noun (prepared for the test); «prepared to» + verb (prepared to wait).

### In the corpora

- [Turning a question towards the topic you want to talk about is called pivoting; talking points are lines prepared in advance.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/11-debates-and-rows-on-chat-shows/17/)
- [The altar or communion table is where the bread and wine are prepared for communion.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/23-sunday-service-hymns-and-the-lords-prayer/18/)
- [And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.790/)
- [Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.63/)
- [And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/2SA.418/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prepared» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prepared/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.