ready
Part of speech: adj
verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From Middle English redy, redi, rædiȝ, iredi, ȝerǣdi, alteration ( + -y) of earlier irēd, irede, ȝerād (“ready, prepared”), from Old English rǣde, ġerǣde (also ġerȳde) ("prepared, prompt, ready, ready for riding (horse), mounted (on a horse), skilled, simple, easy"), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz, *raidijaz, from base *raidaz (“ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁dʰ-, *h₂reh₁- (“to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable”) and also probably conflated with Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”) in the sense of "set to ride, able or fit to go, ready". Cognate with Scots readie, reddy (“ready, prepared”), West Frisian ree (“ready”), Dutch gereed (“ready”), German bereit (“ready”), Danish rede (“ready”), Swedish redo (“ready, fit, prepared”), Norwegian reiug (“ready, prepared”), Icelandic greiður (“easy, light”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “arranged, ordered”).
Affixes: -y
Inflected forms:
form: readier
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: readiest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: readies
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: readying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: readied
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: readied
pos: verb
tags: past
form: readies
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: Prepared for immediate action or use.
pos: adj
examples: I made ready to set out on my journey.
The troops are ready for battle.
The porridge is ready to serve.
If need be, I am ready to forego / And quit:
she was told dinner was ready
Miranda: I'll admit it, Shepard. I'm impressed. You got us here. Are you ready?
Shepard: We're going in blind, and we don't even know if we'll survive the trip. No way in hell we're ready... but we don't have a choice.
gloss: Prepared for immediate action or use.
pos: adj
examples: a loaf of ready-sliced bread
The cave was like a ready-made home for us.
First their must be a clericall tonſure whereas they clyp thꝛee oꝛ fowꝛe lyttle heaires in his crowne, and he muſt[…]be hold a Priest ready made able to haue a benefice,[…]
[…]and whoever can keep their Corps till they can ſend to London, and have a ready-made Coffin ſent down, may afterwards have them kept any reaſonable time.
[…]but, in the improvement of a place in which Nature has furnished few materials in which the groundwork of improvement is tame, and in which suitable diſtances cannot be had, the rules of ſcience and the "ready-made taste" of connoiſſeurs are of little avail to the artiſt.
gloss: Inclined; apt to happen.
pos: adj
gloss: Liable at any moment.
pos: adj
examples: The seed is ready to sprout.
My heart is ready to crack.
gloss: Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
pos: adj
examples: a ready apprehension
ready wit
a ready writer or workman
whose temper was ready, though surly
ready in devising expedients
Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
"Apple of Death" is what the Jungle call thorn-apple or dhatura, the readiest poison in all India.
The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
gloss: Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
pos: adj
examples: Through the wilde Deſert, not the readieſt way,
A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, / The readiest weapon that his fury found.
gloss: To prepare; to make ready for action.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Immigration agents in military green surrounded MacArthur Park as the convoy readied for a show of force akin to a Hollywood movie.
gloss: Ready money; cash.
pos: noun
tags: countable
slang
uncountable
examples: [H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready, either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]
But it's no secret that W. & S. have been getting short of the ready for more than a year now; it's claimed that the fire began in three or four places at once; and Mr Barrowford was the last to leave the premises.
[…] he was generous when he had the cash. Many a time he kept me going in drink through the week when I was stuck for the ready […]
Synonyms: good to go
Antonyms: unready
Derived words: at the ready
camera ready
combat-ready
dinner's ready
get ready
harvest-ready
my body is ready
on the ready
overready
readily
readiment
readiness
ready about
aim
fire!
ready and waiting
ready as Freddy
ready as I'll ever be
ready-cooked
ready, fire, aim
ready for primetime
ready for prime time
ready for the off
ready-handed
ready-handedness
ready like Freddy
ready-made
ready meal
ready-meal
ready-mix
ready-mixed
ready money
ready or not
readyprint
ready queue
ready reckoner
ready-reckoner
Ready Reckoners
ready room
ready salted
set
go!
ready, steady, go
ready to be tied
ready-to-drink
ready to hand
ready to rock
ready to rock and roll
ready to roll
ready-to-wear
ready up
ready, willing, and able
rough and ready
rough-and-ready
school-ready
shovel-ready
single and ready to mingle
the devil to pay and no pitch hot or ready
unready
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: af
lang: Albanian
word: gati
lang: Arabic
word: جَاهِز
roman: jāhiz
lang: Arabic
word: مُسْتَعِدّ
roman: mustaʕidd
lang: Arabic
word: جاهز
roman: gāhiz
lang: Armenian
word: պատրաստ
roman: patrast
lang: Assamese
word: সাজু
roman: xazu
lang: Avar
word: хӏадураб
roman: ḥʳadurab
lang: Azerbaijani
word: hazır
lang: Bashkir
word: әҙер
roman: əźer
lang: Basque
word: prest
lang: Basque
word: gertu
lang: Belarusian
word: гато́вы
roman: hatóvy
lang: Bengali
word: প্রস্তুত
roman: prostut
lang: Bulgarian
word: готов
roman: gotov
lang: Catalan
word: llest
lang: Chechen
word: кийча
roman: kiı̇ča
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 準備好的 /准备好的
roman: zhǔnbèi hǎo de
lang: East Circassian
word: хьэзыр
roman: ḥɛzər
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: tiyari
lang: Czech
word: připravený
lang: Czech
word: hotový
lang: Dutch
word: gereed
lang: Dutch
word: klaar
lang: Esperanto
word: preta
lang: Estonian
word: valmis
lang: Finnish
word: valmis
lang: French
word: prêt
lang: French
word: prête
lang: Georgian
word: მზად
roman: mzad
lang: German
word: bereit
lang: German
word: fertig
lang: German
word: gar
lang: German
word: parat
lang: Gothic
word: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌿𐍃
roman: manwus
lang: Greek
word: έτοιμος
roman: étoimos
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἑτοῖμος
roman: hetoîmos
lang: Gujarati
word: તૈયાર
roman: taiyār
lang: Gujarati
word: સજ્જ
roman: sajj
lang: Hawaiian
word: mākaukau
lang: Hebrew
word: מוּכָן
roman: mukhan
lang: Hindi
word: तैयार
roman: taiyār
lang: Hindi
word: मुस्तैद
roman: mustaid
lang: Hindi
word: सिद्ध
roman: siddh
lang: Hindi
word: आमादा
roman: āmādā
lang: Hindi
word: तत्पर
roman: tatpar
lang: Hindi
word: सज्ज
roman: sajj
lang: Hindi
word: तैनात
roman: taināt
lang: Hindi
word: इच्छुक
roman: icchuk
lang: Hindi
word: उद्यत
roman: udyat
lang: Hungarian
word: kész
lang: Hungarian
word: készen
lang: Icelandic
word: tilbúinn
lang: Ido
word: pronta
lang: Ingrian
word: valmis
lang: Ingush
word: кийча
roman: kiı̇ča
lang: Irish
word: réidh
lang: Irish
word: ullamh
lang: Irish
word: fa réir
lang: Irish
word: faoi réir
lang: Italian
word: pronto
lang: Italian
word: preparato
lang: Japanese
word: 用意の出来た
roman: yōi no dekita
lang: Japanese
word: 出来上がり
roman: dekiagari
lang: Japanese
word: 準備の出来た
roman: junbi no dekita
lang: Kazakh
word: даяр
roman: daär
lang: Kazakh
word: дайын
roman: daiyn
lang: Khmer
word: ត្រៀមខ្លួនជាស្រេច
roman: triəm khluən ciə srəc
lang: Korean
word: 준비된
roman: junbidoen
lang: Central Kurdish
word: ئامادە
roman: amade
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: amade
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: hazir
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: teyar
lang: Ladino
word: listo
lang: Ladino
word: aparejado
lang: Ladino
word: dispuesto
lang: Ladino
word: preparado
lang: Lao
word: ພ້ອມ
roman: phǭm
lang: Latgalian
word: gotovs
lang: Latgalian
word: sasarūss
lang: Latin
word: aptus
lang: Latin
word: parātus
lang: Latin
word: promptus
lang: Latvian
word: gatavs
lang: Lithuanian
word: paruoštas
lang: Lithuanian
word: pasiruošęs
lang: Luxembourgish
word: prett
lang: Macedonian
word: спремен
roman: spremen
lang: Macedonian
word: готов
roman: gotov
lang: Malay
word: sedia
lang: Maltese
word: lest
lang: Māori
word: reri
lang: Māori
word: takatū
lang: Marathi
word: तयार
roman: tayār
lang: Mongolian
word: бэлэн
roman: belen
lang: Nepali
word: तयार
roman: tayār
lang: Norwegian
word: klar
lang: Norwegian
word: parat
lang: Occitan
word: lèst
lang: Old English
word: gearu
lang: Ossetian
word: цӕттӕ
roman: cættæ
lang: Persian
word: آماده
roman: âmâde
lang: Persian
word: تیار
roman: tayyâr
lang: Persian
word: رو به راه
roman: ru be râh
lang: Plautdietsch
word: reed
lang: Polish
word: gotowy
lang: Portuguese
word: pronto
lang: Portuguese
word: preparado
lang: Punjabi
word: ਤਿਆਰ
roman: tiāra
lang: Romanian
word: gata
lang: Russian
word: гото́вый
roman: gotóvyj
lang: Northern Sami
word: gárvvis
lang: Scots
word: boun
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: deiseil
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ullamh
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: ma réir
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: спреман
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: готов
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: spreman
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: gotov
lang: Slovak
word: hotový
lang: Slovene
word: pripravljen
lang: Slovene
word: gotov
lang: Slovene
word: nared
lang: Somali
word: diyaar
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: gótowy
lang: Spanish
word: preparado
lang: Spanish
word: listo
lang: Spanish
word: listoco
lang: Spanish
word: alistado
lang: Spanish
word: aprestado
lang: Spanish
word: en fa
lang: Swedish
word: beredd
lang: Swedish
word: redo
lang: Tajik
word: тайор
roman: tayor
lang: Tamil
word: தயார்
roman: tayār
lang: Telugu
word: సిద్ధం
roman: siddhaṁ
lang: Telugu
word: తయారు
roman: tayāru
lang: Thai
word: พร้อม
roman: prɔ́ɔm
lang: Tocharian B
word: ārwer
lang: Turkish
word: hazır
lang: Turkish
word: anık
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: حاضر
roman: hazır
lang: Ukrainian
word: гото́вий
roman: hotóvyj
lang: Urdu
word: تیار
roman: taiyār
lang: Uzbek
word: tayyor
lang: Vietnamese
word: sẵn sàng
lang: Welsh
word: parod
lang: Yaghnobi
word: тайор
roman: tayor
lang: Yakut
word: бэлэм
roman: belem
lang: Yiddish
word: פֿאַרטיק
roman: fartik