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1. Made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
   "a prepared statement"; "be prepared for emergencies"
    
2. Having made preparations
   "prepared to take risks"
   - disposed, fain [archaic], inclined
    
3. Equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

1. Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
   "prepare for war"
   - fix, set up, ready, gear up, set
    
2. Prepare for eating by applying heat
   - cook, fix, ready, make
    
3. To prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
   "prepare a report"; "prepare a speech"
    
4. Arrange by systematic planning and united effort
   - organize, organise [Brit], devise, get up, machinate
    
5. Educate for a future role or function
   "The prince was prepared to become King one day"
   - groom, train
    
6. Create by training and teaching
   - train, develop, educate
    
7. Lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
   "prepare the discord in bar 139"
    
8. Undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
   - train

See also: braced, embattled, equipped, equipt, fitted out, oven-ready, preconditioned, precooked, preparation, preparative, preparedness, processed, ready, spread, up, willing

Type of: alter, change, create, create from raw material, create from raw stuff, educate, initiate, instruct, learn, make, modify, pioneer, read, sound, study, take, teach

Antonym: unprepared