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Ready   /rˈɛdi/   Listen
Ready

adjective
(compar. readier; superl. readiest)
1.
Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress.  "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"
2.
(of especially money) immediately available.  "A ready source of cash"
3.
Mentally disposed.
4.
Made suitable and available for immediate use.
5.
Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity.  Synonym: quick.  "A ready wit"
verb
1.
Prepare for eating by applying heat.  Synonyms: cook, fix, make, prepare.  "Can you make me an omelette?" , "Fix breakfast for the guests, please"
2.
Make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc.  Synonyms: fix, gear up, prepare, set, set up.  "Prepare for war" , "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
noun
1.
Poised for action.



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"Ready" Quotes from Famous Books



... don't you and Ruby come down by Atlantic City with me to-morrow over Easter? Huh? A few more or less don't make no difference to my sister the way they get ready ...
— Gaslight Sonatas • Fannie Hurst
... they had peeped in and seen what we were at but he was not so ready as me, and had not been able ...
— The Romance of Lust - A classic Victorian erotic novel • Anonymous
... towards the already righted sleigh: "Most unfortunate," he fumed, "and to-night of all nights! The entire concert will be at a standstill. The rug, Pierre, quick the rug! Are the horses ready? Hurry, you great ...
— The Black Cross • Olive M. Briggs
... Lady Rosamond regret being turned out, I presume," exclaimed Charles Douglas, who was always ready to join any conversation that afforded amusement. He continued passing careless jokes until the clock in the hall reminded him ...
— Lady Rosamond's Secret - A Romance of Fredericton • Rebecca Agatha Armour
... struck at last—and the man is not wanting. The French Revolution found Napoleon ready, and our own Civil War General Ulysses Grant. Of that ever memorable session but three days remained, and those who had been prepared to rise in the good cause had long since despaired. The Pingsquit bill, and ...
— The Crossing • Winston Churchill


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