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ADJECTIVE | 1 | ready | Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress |
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2 | ready | (of especially money) immediately available | |
3 | ready | Mentally disposed | |
4 | ready | Brought into readiness | |
5 | ready, quick | Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | |
NOUN | 1 | ready | Poised for action |
VERB | 1 | ready, cook, fix, make, prepare | Prepare for eating by applying heat |
2 | ready, fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set | Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc |
Sounds | reh'diy |
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Rhymes | already, antibody, attendee, and 118 more rhymes in diy at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress. |
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Examples | "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" |
Attribute of | readiness, preparedness, preparation |
Similar | at the ready; fit, primed, set; in order; prompt; ripe; waiting, ready and waiting |
See also | prepared; willing |
Contrary | unready |
Meaning | (of especially money) immediately available. |
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Examples | "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash" |
Similar to | available |
Meaning | Mentally disposed. |
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Examples | "he was ready to believe her" |
Similar to | willing |
Meaning | Brought into readiness. |
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Examples | "dinner is ready" |
Similar to | prepared |
Meaning | Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity. |
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Examples | "a ready wit" |
Synonyms | quick |
Similar to | intelligent |
Meaning | Poised for action. |
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Examples | "their guns were at the ready" |
Broader | readiness, preparedness, preparation |
Verbs | ready |
Meaning | Prepare for eating by applying heat. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Model | The chefs ready the vegetables |
Synonyms | cook, fix, make, prepare |
Narrower | preserve, keep; dress, dress out; put on; devil; precook; whip up, whomp up; concoct, cook up; lard |
Broader | create from raw material, create from raw stuff |
Similar to | make |
Meaning | Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc. |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody PP; Somebody ----s something PP; Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE |
Examples | "Get the children ready for school!" |
Synonyms | fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set |
Narrower | socialize, socialise; provide; cram; precondition; fix; mount; set up, lay out, set; winterize, winterise; summerize, summerise; prime; cultivate, crop, work; brace, poise |
Broader | change, alter, modify |
Nouns | readying; ready |