ready
Noun · Verb · AdjectiveOpen English WordNet
Adjective (5)readier, readiest
- completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress“get ready”“she is ready to resign”“the bridge is ready to collapse”“I am ready to work”“ready for action”“ready for use”“the soup will be ready in a minute”“ready to learn to read”Opposite unreadySimilar fit, waiting, ripe, in order, at the ready, promptRelates to readiness, preparednessSee also prepared, willing
- (of especially money) immediately available“he seems to have ample ready money”“a ready source of cash”Opposite unavailableSimilar available
- mentally disposed“he was ready to believe her”Opposite unwillingSimilar willing
- made suitable and available for immediate use“dinner is ready”Opposite unpreparedSimilar prepared
- apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity“a quick mind”“a ready wit”Synonyms: quickOpposite stupidSimilar intelligent
Noun (1)
- poised for action“their guns were at the ready”Type of readiness, preparedness
Verb (2)
- prepare for eating by applying heat“Cook me dinner, please”“can you make me an omelette?”“fix breakfast for the guests, please”Synonyms: cookfixmakeprepareMore general create from raw material, create from raw stuffMore specific put on, concoct, dress, preserve, whip up, precook, devil, flambe, lard, deglaze +1 moreSimilar make
- make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc“Get the children ready for school!”“prepare for war”“I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill”Synonyms: fixprepareset upgear upsetMore general change, alterMore specific arm, set up, mount, cultivate, brace, fix, precondition, prime, warm up, provide +4 more
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Translations
Adjective prepared for immediate action or use
- Spanish
- listo
- French
- prêt
- German
- bereit
- Italian
- pronto
- Portuguese
- pronto
- Turkish
- hazır
- Russian
- гото́вый gotóvyj
- Arabic
- مُسْتَعِدّ mustaʕidd
- Japanese
- 準備ができた junbi ga dekita
- Dutch
- klaar
26 more languages
- Polish
- gotowy
- Swedish
- beredd
- Greek
- έτοιμος étoimos
- Indonesian
- siap
- Vietnamese
- sẵn sàng
- Hungarian
- kész
- Portuguese (PT)
- pronto
- Albanian
- gati
- Catalan
- llest
- Corsican
- prontu
- Czech
- hotový
- Danish
- rede
- Esperanto
- preta
- Estonian
- valmis
- Finnish
- valmis
- Georgian
- მზად mzad
- Hebrew
- מוּכָן mukhan
- Icelandic
- tilbúinn
- Kurdish
- amade
- Latvian
- gatavs
- Norwegian
- klar
- Romanian
- gata
- Scottish Gaelic
- deiseil
- Serbo-Croatian
- spreman
- Welsh
- parod
- Yiddish
- פֿאַרטיק fartik
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: AS. rǣde; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. garáids 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.” Geoffrey Chaucer
2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. “Dinner was ready.” Henry 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.— John 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.” Thomas Babington Macaulay
Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly.— Sir Walter Scott
5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. “The readiest way.” John Milton
A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found.— John Dryden
6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; — with a following infinitive.
My heart is ready to crack.— William Shakespeare
7. Military 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.” Geoffrey Chaucer — Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. “'T is all the ready money fate can give.” Abraham 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.
Synonyms: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt.
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
We ourselves will go ready armed.— Num. xxxii. 17.
Ready money; cash; — commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready. slang
Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts.— John Arbuthnot
To dispose in order. obsolete Thomas Heywood
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54