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ready
/ˈɹɛd.i/
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What does ready mean?
adjective
- Prepared for immediate action or use.
- first only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century
- Inclined; apt to happen.
More meanings (7)
adjective
- Liable at any moment.
- Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
- Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
verb
- To prepare; to make ready for action.
noun
- (slang) Ready money; cash.
proper noun
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˈɹɛd.i/
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She knew that Chauvelin must be lying in wait for her somewhere, ready to seize the first possible opportunity for a tête-à-tête.
At any rate no waterway was in sight, and the entire party was almost ready to drop from hunger, thirst and fatigue.
More book examples (3)
You must live within yourself, and depend upon yourself, always tucked up and ready for a start, and not have many affairs.
There were some who proceeded sullenly, full of anger at their wounds, and ready to turn upon anything as an obscure cause.
All being ready at last, it remained to place the projectile in the Columbiad, an operation abundantly accompanied by dangers and difficulties.