0 to make or get something or someone ready for something that will happen in the future: --
[ + to infinitive ] It almost seems as if she is preparing to die.
[ + obj + to infinitive ] Are the players mentally and physically prepared to play a tough game?
This course prepares students for middle and senior managerial positions.
1 to make or get something or someone ready for something that will happen in the future: --
Their plans fell through because they hadn't prepared well enough.
Beds were prepared by tractor and were 25 cm in height.
Farmers were prepared to accept some late blight in tubers if other characteristics were favourable.
The landlord once suggested that a relative of his would be prepared to swap property with the tenants.
Unless the architectural profession and schools of architecture are prepared to look outwards, our standing in research could slip ever lower.
Nothing in my small life had prepared me for this.
They seem to have been prepared to handle anything (zakka, miscellaneous goods).
Fewer hospital staff seem prepared to accept long-stay patients as one of their functions.
