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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



... hide securely without any risk of being seen by our cruisers, unless expressly looked for. As we were standing in, intending to run up the bay, we made out a large brig at anchor with sails loose, ready for sea. She had a suspicious look about her, unusually square yards, taunt and raking masts, and low black hull. Though she might be well armed and disposed to show fight, had you for instance attempted to question her, she would not, of course, dare to resist ...
— The Three Lieutenants • W.H.G. Kingston
... not know that the Zoological Society, which is much addicted to mere systematic work, will publish your essay. If it does, I will send you copies of your essay, but these will not be ready for some months. If not published by the Zoological Society, I will endeavour to get 'Nature' to publish it. I am very anxious that it ...
— The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin, Volume II • Francis Darwin
... the resolution of his voice, and it wrought the end of the battle—an end inevitable. Phil realised it and accepted it with a groan. He did not utter another word of protest. He was conquered, humiliated, powerless. Only when at last he was ready to depart he stood up and faced Tudor, as he had faced him on the day that the latter had refused to give ...
— The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories • Ethel M. Dell
... see my hand; with this I am ready to offer at once to place you in a position in which the world would ...
— The Landleaguers • Anthony Trollope
... with intense anger. "Don't ever call me a cop!" he blazed, though still in a whisper. "I hate 'em. As a kid I thought they were tops, and did everything I could to get into their school. But I mighty quick found out how wrong I was. I was good and sick of 'em, and about ready to quit when they threw me out on that lie about cheating ... say, I knew more'n their knuckle-headed instructors, so why'd ...
— Man of Many Minds • E. Everett Evans


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