Collocations for "prepared"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "prepared" in context.
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prepare
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.v
- prepare to be [amazed, shocked, awed]
- prepare to [hear, see, go, take]
- prepare for [work, vacation, school, the day]
- prepare for the [exam, test, final]
- prepare [in advance, ahead of time]
- prepare a [report, plan, draft]
- prepare [food, lunch]
- preparing [steak, the vegetables] for [dinner]
- preparing for [college, war, winter]
- (warned to) prepare for the worst
- prepare yourself for the [party, interview, date]
- mentally prepare yourself
- the [troops, soldiers, students, workers] prepared themselves
- prepare and [submit, present, deliver]
- prepare your child for [the world, life]
- prepared [carefully, meticulously, without thought]
- prepared with [love, care]
- prepared for [anything, whatever, it]
'prepared' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
alibi
- already
- anticipation
- briefing
- consignment
- contingency
- copy
- currant
- disaster
- discuss
- emergency
- fame
- fiend
- fight
- forward
- fully
- gamble
- hastily
- homecoming
- juice
- knight
- launch
- mail
- mile
- physically
- pioneer
- prepare
- ready
- sacrifice
- script
- site
- specially
- statement
- still
- submission
- totally
- wrath