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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
ready
adj 1: 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"
[ant: unready]
2: (of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to
have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"
3: mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"
4: made suitable and available for immediate use; "dinner is
ready"
5: apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a
quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick, ready]
n 1: poised for action; "their guns were at the ready"
v 1: prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner,
please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for
the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make,
prepare]
2: 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" [syn: fix, prepare, set
up, ready, gear up, set]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ready \Read"y\, n.
Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well
supplied with the ready. [Slang]
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Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law,
or to clear old debts. --Arbuthnot.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ready \Read"y\, v. t.
To dispose in order. [Obs.] --Heywood.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier
(r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin
to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids 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.
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2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for
lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready."
--Fielding.
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My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things
are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii.
4.
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3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing;
free; inclined; disposed.
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I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at
Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts
xxi. 13.
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If need be, I am ready to forego
And quit. --Milton.
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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.
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Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir
W. Scott.
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5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient;
near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton.
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A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground,
The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden.
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6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
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My heart is ready to crack. --Shak.
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7. (Mil.) 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.
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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. "'T is 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.
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Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous;
apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune;
fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See
Prompt.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), adv.
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need
no delay.
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We ourselves will go ready armed. --Num. xxxii.
17.
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Thesaurus Results for ready:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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