Ready
['redɪ] or ['rɛdi]
Definition
(noun.) poised for action; 'their guns were at the ready'.
(adj.) made suitable and available for immediate use; 'dinner is ready' .
(adj.) 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' .
(adj.) mentally disposed; 'he was ready to believe her' .
(adj.) (of especially money) immediately available; 'he seems to have ample ready money'; 'a ready source of cash' .
Checker: Michelle--From WordNet
Definition
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.
(superl.) Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
(superl.) 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.
(superl.) Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
(superl.) On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
(superl.) 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.
(adv.) In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
(n.) Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.
(v. t.) To dispose in order.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Prepared, in readiness.[2]. Prompt, quick, expeditious.[3]. Apt, expert, dexterous, adroit, clever, quick, sharp, smart.[4]. Willing, disposed, inclined.[5]. Near, handy, convenient, commodious, at hand.[6]. Easy, opportune, facile, short.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Prompt, alert, expeditions, speedy, unhesitating, dexterous, apt, skilful,handy, expert, facile, easy, opportune, fitted, prepared, disposed, willing,free, cheerful, compliant, responsive, quick
ANT:Unready, tardy, slow, hesitating, reluctant, dubitating, awkward, unhandy,clumsy, remote, inaccessible, unavailable, inopportune, ununited, unfitted,unprepared, indisposed, unwilling, constrained, grudging, unaccommodating,incompliant, irresponsive
Editor: Tess
Definition
adj. prepared at the moment: in proper time: prepared in mind: willing: not slow or awkward: dexterous: prompt: quick: present in hand: at hand: near: easy: on the point of: opportune: off-hand as a ready retort.—n. a waiter's answer to a call: the position of a soldier's weapon after the order 'Make ready!' (slang) ready-money.—v.t. to dispose: to arrange.—adv. in a state of readiness or preparation.—adv. Read′ily.—n. Read′iness.—adj. Read′y-made made and ready for use: not made to order.—ns. Read′y-mon′ey cash payment; Read′y-pole a bar across the chimney to support the pot-hook; Read′y-reck′oner a book of tables giving the value of any number of things from the lowest monetary unit upwards: also the interest on any sum of money from a day upwards.—adj. Read′y-wit′ted having ready wit: clever: sharp.—Make ready to prepare.
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Examples
- I am sufficiently well off to keep a hundred and fifty ton steam yacht, which is at present lying at Southampton, ready to start when I wish. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- He looked at her--oh, how fondly--as she came running towards him, her hands before her, ready to give them to him. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Sam put a few necessaries in a carpet-bag, and was ready for starting. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He waxes strong in all violence and lawlessness; and is ready for any deed of daring that will supply the wants of his rabble-rout. Plato. The Republic.
- Mrs. Weston was very ready to say how attentive and pleasant a companion he made himselfhow much she saw to like in his disposition altogether. Jane Austen. Emma.
- It's convenient to have you at all times ready on the premises. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Mr. Godfrey is all the readier to enter into the conspiracy, having himself suffered from your sharp tongue in the course of the evening. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- You are readier to make allowances for her than you were yesterday. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Dunnot be a fool, says he, words come readier than deeds to most men. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- But Joe was readier with his definition than I had expected, and completely stopped me by arguing circularly, and answering with a fixed look, Her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- I have been made all the readier to comply with this request by a passage at the end of his letter, which has almost alarmed me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If Anne had been your own child, Mrs. Clements, you could have shown her no truer kindness--you could have made no readier sacrifices for her sake. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
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