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READY
ready
(adjective) (of especially money) immediately available; “he seems to have ample ready money”; “a ready source of cash”
quick, ready
(adjective) apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; “a quick mind”; “a ready wit”
ready
(adjective) made suitable and available for immediate use; “dinner is ready”
ready
(adjective) 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”
ready
(adjective) mentally disposed; “he was ready to believe her”
ready
(noun) poised for action; “their guns were at the ready”
fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
(verb) 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”
cook, fix, ready, make, prepare
(verb) prepare for eating by applying heat; “Cook me dinner, please”; “can you make me an omelette?”; “fix breakfast for the guests, please”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest)
Prepared for immediate action or use.
Inclined; apt to happen.
Liable at any moment.
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
Synonyms: dexterous, prompt, easy, expert
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
Synonyms
• good to go
Antonyms
• unready
Verb
ready (third-person singular simple present readies, present participle readying, simple past and past participle readied)
(transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.
Synonyms
• yark
Hypernyms
• cable ready
• camera-ready
• enterprise-ready
• make-ready
• oven-ready
Noun
ready (countable and uncountable, plural readies)
(slang) ready money; cash
Anagrams
• dayer, deary, deray, rayed, yeard
Proper noun
Ready (plural Readys)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Ready is the 6896th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4875 individuals. Ready is most common among White (85.42%) individuals.
Anagrams
• dayer, deary, deray, rayed, yeard
Source: Wiktionary
Read"y, a. [Compar. Readier; superl. Readiest.] Etym: [AS. ræde; 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." 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.)
Definition: 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.
Read"y, adv.
Definition: In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay. We ourselves will go ready armed. Num. xxxii. 17.
Read"y, n.
Definition: 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.
Read"y, v. t.
Definition: To dispose in order. [Obs.] Heywood.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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