adj.
1 ready and able to deal with sth
VERBS
▪ be , feel , seem
▪ get
▪
I'd had three weeks to get ~.
▪ come
▪
I came ~ ( = with everything I might need ).
ADVERB
▪ perfectly , properly , thoroughly , well
▪
I was well ~ for the job.
▪ completely , fully , totally
▪ badly , inadequately , poorly
▪
They were inadequately ~ for their role in society.
▪ adequately , sufficiently
▪ emotionally , mentally , physically , psychologically
▪
I feel mentally ~ to handle this situation.
▪ academically
▪
They are poorly ~ academically.
PHRASES
▪ be ~ for the worst
▪
I want you to be ~ for the worst.
▪ be ~ for any eventuality
▪
She was always one to be ~ for any eventuality.
2 done, made, etc. in advance
ADVERB
▪ carefully , meticulously
▪
She's clearly reading from carefully ~ notes.
▪ hastily , quickly
▪
hastily ~ newspaper reports
▪ specially
▪
a table full of specially ~ food
▪ freshly
▪
freshly ~ vegetables
▪ commercially
▪
Commercially ~ food is often loaded with saturated fat.
Prepared is used with these nouns: ↑ mould , ↑ pan , ↑ remark , ↑ text