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read⋅y

  [red-ee] adjective, read⋅i⋅er, read⋅i⋅est, verb, read⋅ied, read⋅y⋅ing, noun, interjection
Use ready in a Sentence
–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. proceeding 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. present or convenient: to lie ready to one's hand.
–verb (used with object)
12. to make ready; prepare.
–noun
13. the state or condition of being ready.
14. 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
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; ME redy, early ME rædig, equiv. to OE rǣde prompt + -ig -y 1

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.

mark

1  [mahrk]
–noun
1. a visible impression or trace on something, as a line, cut, dent, stain, or bruise: a small mark on his arm.
2. a badge, brand, or other visible sign assumed or imposed: a mark of his noble rank.
3. a symbol used in writing or printing: a punctuation mark.
4. a sign, usually an X or cross, made instead of a signature by someone who does not know how or is unable to write his or her own name.
5. an affixed or impressed device, symbol, inscription, etc., serving to give information, identify, indicate origin or ownership, attest to character or comparative merit, or the like, as a trademark.
6. a sign, token, or indication: to bow as a mark of respect.
7. a symbol used in rating conduct, proficiency, attainment, etc., as of pupils in a school: good marks; bad marks.
8. something serving as an indication of position, as a landmark.
9. a recognized or required standard of quality, accomplishment, etc.; norm: His dissertation was below the mark.
10. distinction or importance; repute; note: a man of mark.
11. a distinctive trait or characteristic: the usual marks of a gentleman.
12. (usually initial capital letter) U.S. Military. a designation for an item of military equipment in production, used in combination with a numeral to indicate the order of adoption, and often abbreviated: a Mark-4 tank; an M-1 rifle.
13. an object aimed at; target: to aim at the mark.
14. an object or end desired or striven for; goal.
15. Slang.
a. an object of derision, scorn, manipulation, or the like: He was an easy mark for criticism.
b. the intended victim of a swindler, hustler, or the like: The cardsharps picked their marks from among the tourists on the cruise ship.
16. Track. the starting line.
17. Boxing. the middle of the stomach.
18. Lawn Bowling. jack 1 (def. 17).
19. Bowling. a strike or spare.
20. Nautical. any of the distinctively marked points on a deep-sea lead line, occurring at levels of 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 17, and 20 fathoms above the lead. Compare deep (def. 33).
21. a tract of land that may have been held in common by a primitive or early medieval community of peasants in Germany.
22. Archaic or History/Historical. a boundary; frontier.
–verb (used with object)
23. to be a distinguishing feature of: a day marked by rain.
24. to put a mark or marks on: to mark each box with an X.
25. to give a grade for; put a grade on: to mark the final exams.
26. scent-mark (def. 2).
27. to furnish with figures, signs, tags, etc., to indicate price, quality, brand name, or the like: We marked all the books with prices.
28. to trace or form by or as if by marks (often fol. by out): to mark out a plan of attack.
29. to indicate or designate by or as if by marks: to mark passages to be memorized.
30. to single out; destine (often fol. by out): to be marked out for promotion.
31. to record, as a score.
32. to make manifest: to mark approval with a nod.
33. to give heed or attention to: Mark my words!
34. to notice or observe: to mark a change in the weather.
–verb (used without object)
35. to take notice; give attention; consider.
36. scent-mark (def. 1).
—Verb phrases
37. mark down, to reduce the price of: These towels have been marked down.
38. mark off, to mark the proper dimensions or boundaries of; separate: We marked off the limits of our lot with stakes.
39. mark up,
a. to mar or deface with marks.
b. to mark with notations or symbols.
c. to fix the selling price of (an article) by adding to the seller's cost an amount to cover expenses and profit: to mark up dresses 50 percent.
d. to increase the selling price of.
—Idioms
40. beside the mark, not pertinent; irrelevant.
41. bless or save the mark! (used as an exclamation of disapproval, contempt, impatience, etc.) Also, God bless or save the mark!
42. make one's mark, to attain success or fame; achieve one's ambition: He set out to make his mark as a writer.
43. mark time. time (def. 55).
44. on your mark or marks! (in calling the start of a race) take your places: On your mark! Get set! Go! Also, get ready!, ready!
45. wide of the mark, far from the target or objective; inaccurate or irrelevant: My first guess was wide of the mark.
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE mearc mark, sign, banner, dividing line, borderland; c. G Mark borderland, unit of weight, ON mǫrk forest (orig., borderland), unit of weight, Goth marka boundary, borderland, L margō margin; (v.) ME marken, OE mearcian; c. OFris merkia, OHG marchōn, ON marka to plan

Synonyms:
10. eminence, consequence. 11. feature, stamp, print. 14. purpose, objective. 29. identify, label, tag. 32, 33. note. 34. eye, regard, spot.
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read·y   (rěd'ē)   
adj.   read·i·er, read·i·est
  1. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress: I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.
  2. Mentally disposed; willing: He was ready to believe her.
  3. Likely or about to do something: She is ready to retire.
  4. Prompt in apprehending or reacting: a ready intelligence; a ready response.
  5. Available: ready money.
tr.v.   read·ied, read·y·ing, read·ies
To cause to be ready.

[Middle English redy, from Old English rǣde; see reidh- in Indo-European roots.]
read'i·ness n.
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Ready

Read"y\, a. [Compar. Readier; superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]

1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When she redy was." --Chaucer.

2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready." --Fielding.

My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 4.

3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.

I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts xxi. 13.

If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. --Milton.

4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready in devising expedients." --Macaulay.

Gurth, whose temper was ready, through surly. --Sir W. Scott.

5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.

A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.

6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.

My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.

7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.

All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.

Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'Tis all the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.

Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc.

To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness.

Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skilful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt.

Ready

Read"y\, adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.

We ourselves will go ready armed. --Num. xxxii. 17.

Ready

Read"y\, n. Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was supplied with the ready. [Slang]

Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts. --Arbuthnot.

Ready

Read"y\, v. t. To dispose in order. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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Language Translation for : ready
Spanish: preparado (para), listo,
German: fertig,
Japanese: 用意のできた
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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 c.1330. Readily is from c.1320. Ready-made first attested c.1440; ready-to-wear is from 1895.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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ready

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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