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• v  make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• v  prepare for eating by applying heat
• v  to prepare verbally, either for written or spoken delivery
• v  arrange by systematic planning and united effort
• v  educate for a future role or function
  The prince was prepared to become King one day
• v  create by training and teaching
• v  lead up to and soften by sounding the dissonant note in it as a consonant note in the preceding chord
• v  undergo training or instruction in preparation for a particular role, function, or profession
• a  made ready or fit or suitable beforehand
  a prepared statement
  be prepared for emergencies
• s  having made preparations
  prepared to take risks
• s  equipped or prepared with necessary intellectual resources

• fix
• prepare
• set up
• ready
• gear up
• set
• cook
• make
• organize
• organise
• devise
• get up
• machinate
• groom
• train
• develop
• educate
• disposed
• fain
• inclined

• unprepared

News & Articles

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• Taliban Agrees to Join Peace Talks
    The Taliban said today that they are prepared to sit down for direct peace talks with Afghan and U.S. officials over the future of Afghanistan. The news comes as Afghan President Hamid Karzai announced today that Afghan security forces have taken over the country’s...
  June 18, 2013 - ABC News via Yahoo! News
• Diabetes Care Club Prepared to Welcome New Patients as Medicare Deadline Approaches
  Diabetes Care Club, a leading provider of mail-order diabetic testing supplies, has enhanced its operations and product offerings and is fully prepared to serve the significant number of patients impacted ...
  June 17, 2013 - Marketwired via Yahoo! Finance
• US Prepared To Engage In Direct Talks With New Iranian President Over Nuclear Program
  The United States said Saturday it is prepared to engage Iran directly over its disputed nuclear program after moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani was declared the country's new president.
  June 15, 2013 - Business Insider

Quotes

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• Gordon Brown in NDTV.com
  It's obvious that we have a group of people, not just in this country but around the world, who are prepared to inflict maximum damage on civilians,said Gordon Brown, British Prime Minister.
• Benjamin Netanyahu in Telegraph.co.uk
  I have been willing to meet Abu Mazen [the Palestinian president] from the first day of this government,he said at a Cabinet meeting before setting off for the United States. "The time has come for him to be prepared to meet with us,...
• Barack Obama in Jerusalem Post
  I believe that the government of Israel is prepared to engage in such direct talks, and I commend the prime minister for that,Obama said. "I believe that Prime Minister Netanyahu wants peace. I think he's willing to take risks for peace."