prepared
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 →
2) Prepared means made ready earlier: «a prepared speech». tree →
3) «Prepared to» means willing to do something: «I'm prepared to help.» tree →
4) It is also the past form of «prepare»: to get something ready. tree →
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 →
- She was well prepared for the exam. tree →
- Dad prepared dinner while we laid the table. tree →
- Are you prepared to say sorry? tree →
- Come to class prepared with a pencil and ruler. tree →
- The town was prepared for the storm. tree →
- We prepared a poster for the science fair. tree →
- So he prepared a great and gleeful feast. tree →
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.
- The altar or communion table is where the bread and wine are prepared for communion.
- And she gave the savoury food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
- Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man;
- And it came to pass after this, that Absalom prepared him a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prepared» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.