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at the ready

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. at the ready(p)adjective

    ready for immediate use

    "soldiers with guns at the ready"; "students with pens and notebooks at the ready"

Wiktionary

  1. at the readyadjective

    Ready; in a state of preparation or waiting; in position or anticipation.

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  1. at the ready

    "At the ready" is a phrase that describes a state of being prepared and on alert to act or respond quickly. It refers to being immediately available, having something prepared for immediate use, or being vigilant for a particular activity.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of at the ready in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of at the ready in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of at the ready in a Sentence

  1. Oleksii Reznikov:

    If we had the opportunity to strike at a range of 300 kilometers, the Russian army would not be able to maintain defenses and would be forced to lose. Ukraine is ready to provide any guarantees that your weapons will not be involved in attacks on Russian territory.

  2. Tayyip Erdogan:

    This is part of the campaign to undermine the HDP on the order of the president, like the president says, we are ready to pay the price. Our lives are not more valuable than the freedom struggle of our people.

  3. Claudio Ambrogetti:

    This has been a difficult period for our city, but the beach establishments are ready to reopen as soon as we have the guidelines.

  4. Van Beurden:

    The contract that we have with Fos, the maritime contractor that we have there, the lease that they have in terminal 5 we think they are legally valid and indeed have tested it and are ready to move ahead with putting the Polar Pioneer (rig) there, loading it out so it is ready for its journey to Alaska, we have not seen, apart from the protests, any legal obstacles for us to do that.

  5. Pano Anthos:

    It’s very similar to the digital journey in ecommerce, you’re looking, thinking, learning, reading way before you’re ready to buy something. Attentiveness and clerks are a very late stage in the purchase process.


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