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adjective
1.
completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.
2.
duly equipped, completed, adjusted, or arranged, as for an occasion or purpose: The mechanic called to say that the car is ready.
3.
willing: ready to forgive.
4.
prompt or quick in perceiving, comprehending, speaking, writing, etc.
5.
EXPANDproceeding from or showing such quickness: a ready reply.
6.
prompt or quick in action, performance, manifestation, etc.: a keen mind and ready wit.
7.
inclined; disposed; apt: too ready to criticize others.
8.
in such a condition as to be imminent; likely at any moment: a tree ready to fall.
9.
immediately available for use: a ready source of cash.
10.
pertaining to prompt payment.
11.
COLLAPSEpresent or convenient: to lie ready to one's hand.
verb (used with object)
12.
to make ready; prepare.
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Readied
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
interjection
Idioms15.
(used in calling the start of a race to indicate that racers should be prepared to start): Ready! Set! Go!
16.
at the ready, in a condition of readiness, available for immediate use: shoppers with their umbrellas at the ready; soldiers keeping their weapons at the ready.
17.
get ready! (in calling the start of a race) be prepared to start: Get ready! Get set! Go!
18.
make ready,
a.
to bring to a state of readiness or completion; prepare.
b.
Printing. to ready a press for printing.
19.
ready up, British and Australian Slang. to swindle.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English redy, early Middle English rædig, equivalent to Old English rǣde prompt + -ig -y1
1150–1200; Middle English redy, early Middle English rædig, equivalent to Old English rǣde prompt + -ig -y1
Related forms
o·ver·read·y, adjective
pre·read·y, adjective
Synonyms
1. fit, set. 3. agreeable, glad, happy. 4. alert, acute, sharp, keen, adroit, facile, clever, skillful, nimble, adaptable.
1. fit, set. 3. agreeable, glad, happy. 4. alert, acute, sharp, keen, adroit, facile, clever, skillful, nimble, adaptable.
Antonyms
1. unfit. 3. unwilling.
1. unfit. 3. unwilling.
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Word Origin & History
ready
O.E. ræde, geræde, from P.Gmc. *garaidijaz "arranged" (cf. O.Fris. rede, M.Du. gereit, O.H.G. reiti, M.H.G. bereite, Ger. bereit, O.N. greiðr "ready, plain," Goth. garaiþs "ordered, arranged"). Lengthened in M.E. by change of ending. The verb is recorded from early 14c. Readily
EXPAND is from early 14c. Ready-made first attested mid-15c.; ready-to-wear is from 1895.
COLLAPSE
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