Definitions for ready
ˈrɛd iready

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. readyadjective

   poised for action

   "their guns were at the ready"

2. readyadjective

   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"

3. ready(a)adjective

   (of especially money) immediately available

   "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"

4. readyadjective

   mentally disposed

   "he was ready to believe her"

5. readyadjective

   made suitable and available for immediate use

   "dinner is ready"

6. quick, readyverb

   apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

   "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"

7. cook, fix, ready, make, prepareverb

   prepare for eating by applying heat

   "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"

8. fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, setverb

   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"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. readyverb

   To make prepared for action.

2. readyadjective

   Prepared for immediate action or use.

   The troops are ready for battle.

3. readyadjective

   Inclined; apt to happen.

4. readyadjective

   Liable at any moment.

   The seed is ready to sprout.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. READYadjective

   Etymology: ræd , Saxon; redo, Swedish; hrade , nimble, Saxon.

   1. Prompt; not delayed.

   These commodities yield the readiest money of any in this kingdom, because they never fail of a price abroad. William Temple.

   He overlook’d his hinds; their pay was just
   And ready: for he scorn’d to go on trust. Dryden.

   2. Fit for a purpose; not to seek.

   All things are ready, if our minds be so.
   —— Perish the man whose mind is backward now! William Shakespeare.

   Make you ready your stiff bats and clubs;
   Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. William Shakespeare.

   One hand the sword, and one the pen employs,
   And in my lap the ready paper lies. Dryden.

   The sacred priests with ready knives bereave
   The beasts of life, and in full bowls receive
   The streaming blood. John Dryden, Æneis.

   3. Prepared; accommodated to any design, so as that there can be no delay.

   Trouble and anguish shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle. Job xv. 24.

   Death ready stands to interpose his dart. John Milton.

   The word which I have giv’n, I’ll not revoke;
   If he be brave, he’s ready for the stroke. Dryden.

   The imagination is always restless, and the will, reason being laid aside, is ready for every extravagant project. John Locke.

   4. Willing; eager.

   Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof unto the heavens, so as to excuse their own follies. Edmund Spenser, State of Ireland.

   5. Being at the point; not distant; near; about to do or be.

   He knoweth that the day of darkness is ready at hand. Job.

   Satan ready now
   To stoop with weary’d wings and willing feet
   On this world. John Milton, Paradise Lost.

   6. Being at hand; next to hand.

   A sapling pine he wrench’d from out the ground,
   The readiest weapon that his fury found. Dryden.

   7. Facil; easy; opportune; near.

   Sometimes the readiest way, which a wise man hath to conquer, is to fly. Richard Hooker, Preface.

   The race elect,
   Safe towards Canaan from the shore advance
   Through the wild desert, not the readiest way. John Milton.

   Proud of their conquest, prouder of their prey,
   They leave the camp, and take the readiest way. Dryden.

   The ready way to be thought mad, is to contend that you are not so. Spectator, №. 577.

   8. Quick; not done with hesitation.

   A ready consent often subjects a woman to contempt. Clarissa.

   9. Expedite; nimble; not embarrassed; not slow.

   Those, who speak in publick, are much better accepted, when they can deliver their discourse by the help of a lively genius and a ready memory, than when they are forced to read all. Isaac Watts, Improvement of the Mind.

   10. To make Ready. To make preparations.

   He will shew you a large upper room; there make ready for us. Mar. xiv. 15.

2. Readyadverb

   Readily; so as not to need delay.

   We will go ready armed before the children of Israel. Num.

3. Readynoun

   Ready money. A low word.

   Lord Strutt was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or clear old debts. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Ready

   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

2. Ready

   fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished

3. Ready

   prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed

4. Ready

   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

5. Ready

   offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy

6. Ready

   on the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive

7. Ready

   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

8. Readyadverb

   in a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay

9. Readynoun

   ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready

10. Readyverb

    to dispose in order

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ready

   red′i, 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. [A.S. rǽde—rídan, to ride; Scot. red, to put in order, Ger. be-reit, ready.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ready

   In tactics, a word of command in firing, being a contraction of make ready.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. ready

   Appropriate to do or act.

   They were ready to discuss the future and their love for each other as their wedding plans were part of their discussion.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on February 19, 2020  

Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Ready

   Short for ready money, cash always on hand, in readiness for emergencies.

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ready' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1084

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ready' in Written Corpus Frequency: #653

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'ready' in Adjectives Frequency: #116

Anagrams for ready »

1. deary

2. rayed

3. yeard

4. deray

How to pronounce ready?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of ready in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of ready in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of ready in a Sentence

1. Bob Corker:

   At some point, on behalf of the American people, we have to resolve the issues that are driving up costs, limiting choices, and causing the individual market to spiral downward, i stand ready to work with the administration and my colleagues on both sides of the aisle in order to fix our broken health care system.

2. John Fuoss:

   We can't live here, my head's ready to explode.

3. Alex Bregman:

   You want to get off to a good start, and I think everybody came in ready to play, this is what we expect out of this ball club every single night ... and hopefully we can continue that for the second half.

4. Josefina Vidal:

   He wasn't that different from us, to think that it's beneficial, normal relations means you are ready to respect the other party's differences and have a peaceful coexistence.

5. Kristoffer Lawson:

   We now have several months to go still and to polish the operating system to get more of the applications together, get everything ready for the final deliveries.

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