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adjective

completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready.

duly equipped, completed, adjusted, or arranged, as for an occasion or purpose: The mechanic called to say that the car is ready.

willing: ready to forgive.

prompt or quick in perceiving, comprehending, speaking, writing, etc.

proceeding from or showing such quickness: a ready reply.

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prompt or quick in action, performance, manifestation, etc.: a keen mind and ready wit.

inclined; disposed; apt: too ready to criticize others.

in such a condition as to be imminent; likely at any moment: a tree ready to fall.

immediately available for use: a ready source of cash.

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pertaining to prompt payment.

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present or convenient: to lie ready to one's hand.

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verb (used with object)

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to make ready; prepare.

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noun

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the state or condition of being ready.

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Informal. ready money; cash.

interjection

15.

(used in calling the start of a race to indicate that racers should be prepared to start): Ready! Set! Go!

Idioms

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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.

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get ready! (in calling the start of a race) be prepared to start: Get ready! Get set! Go!

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make ready,

to bring to a state of readiness or completion; prepare.

Printing. to ready a press for printing.

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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

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.

Antonyms
1. unfit. 3. unwilling.

Usage note
See already.

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Example Sentences

Being ready and prepared will have big effects to the interview.

Yet another bipartisan panel gets ready to tackle the deficit.

Browse the adventure and exploration photos in our archive-each one ready to be downloaded as wallpaper.

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Being ready and prepared will have big effects to the interview.

Yet another bipartisan panel gets ready to tackle the deficit.

Browse the adventure and exploration photos in our archive-each one ready to be downloaded as wallpaper.

Ambitious project to systematically monitor the environment on a continental scale is finally ready to break ground.

Then there's the matter of the resources it takes to fatten up an animal until it's ready for the table.

They're ready to pick when their pods fill with sweet, plump peas.

It's not the diplomacy-minded former president who is ready to spy, it's the secretive nuclear submarine named for him.

Officials hope to have a prototype of the system ready by the fall.

Plenty of others were ready to step forward for a dose of spiritual bliss, and not all were celebrities.

It demands skilled, highly dedicated individuals who are ready to spring into action at the first word of an avalanche, missing.

It made big headlines two years ago, even though it wasn't quite ready for prime time.

They're not ready for prime time, but electric cars are starting to pick up speed.

When you're getting ready to dig, the soil should be neither too wet nor too dry: a handful squeezed in your fist should form a.

Make sure your application materials are ready to go.

All three have also lacked brave political leaders ready to leap in and explain the case for reform.

He helps you get ready for another long stretch of travel.

Wang thinks he has a molecule that will be ready to scale up to industrial levels in an affordable way.

On her screen, the larger of two whooping cranes flaunts his outstretched wings, showing that he's ready to breed.

Fresh and ready to harvest cilantro fills a wide zinc bowl.

Cham and others involved with the project are hoping to have the comedy ready for screenings on college campuses by fall.

Now she worries about getting brides for them-and says she is even ready to repeat her own sad history by contacting a dalal.

Perhaps you're ready to move into a smaller house, a condominium or a retirement home.

The company that killed the electric car is ready to resuscitate it.

But its history is ever-present and ready for discovery throughout the state.

For an outdoor wedding or if weather is hot, keep cake in a shaded or cool area, or chill until ready to serve.

It sounds as if he'll be ready to go back to using his laptop on some trips when the experiment ends.

From laptops to double-glazed windows, consumers have ready access.

Send us your detailed itinerary including goals, game plan, and how to get ready.

Your last rehearsal was perfect, and you're ready to go.

These are the lobster men, fortified with coffee and bacon, getting ready to haul their traps.

Dress up a few lanterns with ribbon, add some sunny fabric, and your plain canvas umbrella is ready to party.

If you're not ready to quit cold turkey, however, there is an alternative.

The pioneers are discovering that some technologies are not yet ready for prime time.

Get ready to explore the great, green world of things that grow.

So you need to be ready for contact inside the penalty area.

Millions of music tracks ready to play instantly, on your computer and your phone.

Latinos need to be ready to enter the work force especially in the science and engineering fields, the report found.

Keg-size depth charges on the main deck look ready for deployment.

When you can pick a jar up and the honey stays put, it's ready to eat.

It's still online-we're getting ready to play again in the spring.

Junior exhibitors and their charges get ready for the ring.

Some contained a full complement of eggs ready for laying.

Start spicy shredded beef in the morning and find dinner ready at the end of the day.

Watch it… then consider telling your politicians you're ready for a renewed emphasis on science research and education.

No need to wait hours for a sangria that's ready to drink.

The coins in my pocket jangled recklessly, ready to be laid out on the counter.

All summer you water and tend your vegetables, and finally they're ready to harvest.

He was also producing a stream of unsentimental watercolors of country lanes and old houses that found ready buyers.

In less than an hour, her first wreath is ready to hang.

He stood ready to challenge their authority when any of them threatened his children.

You've heard of silent spring, get ready for silent swamp.

If confronted with a global warming skeptic, pull this app up on your phone and you'll have counterarguments at the ready.

Drivers and cars get ready to rumble in makeshift service pits.

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World English Dictionary

ready (ˈrɛdɪ)

—*adj* (foll by to) , readier, readiest
1.	in a state of completion or preparedness, as for use or action
2.	willing or eager: ready helpers
3.	prompt or rapid: a ready response
4.	(prenominal) quick in perceiving; intelligent: a ready mind
5.	on the point (of) or liable (to): ready to collapse
6.	(postpositive) conveniently near (esp in the phrase ready to hand)
7.	make ready, get ready to prepare oneself or something for use or action

—n
8.	informal the ready short for ready money
9.	at the ready
	a. poised for use or action: with pen at the ready
	b. (of a rifle) in the position normally adopted immediately prior to aiming and firing

—vb
10.	(tr) to put in a state of readiness; prepare

[Old English (ge)rǣde; related to Old Frisian rēde, Old High German reiti, Old Norse reithr ready]

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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

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is from early 14c. Ready-made first attested mid-15c.; ready-to-wear is from 1895.

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Idioms & Phrases

ready

In addition to the idiom beginning with ready, also see at the ready; get ready; good and (ready); rough and ready.