transcription, транскрипция: [ prɪpeə(r)d ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If you are prepared to do something, you are willing to do it if necessary.
Are you prepared to take industrial action?...
= willing
ADJ : v-link ADJ to-inf
2.
If you are prepared for something that you think is going to happen, you are ready for it.
Police are prepared for large numbers of demonstrators...
≠ unprepared
ADJ : v-link ADJ for n
3.
You can describe something as prepared when it has been done or made beforehand, so that it is ready when it is needed.
He ended his prepared statement by thanking the police.
ADJ : ADJ n