Definition of READY

ready

Plural: readies

Noun

  • poised for action
    • "their guns were at the ready"
  • Ready money; cash.

Verb

Verb Forms: ready, readied, readying, readies

  • To prepare or make something available for use.
  • prepare for eating by applying heat
  • make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
    • "Get the children ready for school!"
  • To prepare; to make ready for action.

Adjective

  • Fully prepared and equipped for immediate action.
  • 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"

Adjective Satellite

  • (of especially money) immediately available
    • "he seems to have ample ready money"
    • "a ready source of cash"
  • mentally disposed
    • "he was ready to believe her"
  • made suitable and available for immediate use
    • "dinner is ready"
  • apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
    • "a ready wit"

Adj

  • Prepared for immediate action or use.
  • Inclined; apt to happen.
  • Liable at any moment.
  • Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
  • Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.

Examples

  • a ready apprehension
  • a ready writer or workman
  • He had to READY his tiles for the next turn, anticipating his opponent’s move.
  • ready wit
  • She was always READY with a counter-challenge when her opponent played an unusual word.
  • The porridge is ready to serve.
  • The seed is ready to sprout.
  • The troops are ready for battle.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English redy, redi, rædiȝ, iredi, ȝerǣdi, alteration ( + -y) of earlier irēd, irede, ȝerād (“ready, prepared”), from Old English rǣde, ġerǣde (also ġerȳde) ("prepared, prompt, ready, ready for riding (horse), mounted (on a horse), skilled, simple, easy"), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz, *raidijaz, from base *raidaz (“ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁dʰ-, *h₂reh₁- (“to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable”) and also probably conflated with Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”) in the sense of "set to ride, able or fit to go, ready". Cognate with Scots readie, reddy (“ready, prepared”), West Frisian ree (“ready”), Dutch gereed (“ready”), German bereit (“ready”), Danish rede (“ready”), Swedish redo (“ready, fit, prepared”), Norwegian reiug (“ready, prepared”), Icelandic greiður (“easy, light”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “arranged, ordered”).

Synonyms

cook, fix, gear up, make, prepare, quick, set, set up, dexterous, easy, expert, fit, good to go, prompt, yark

Antonyms

unready

Scrabble Score: 9

ready: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
ready: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
ready: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 8

ready: valid Words With Friends Word