ready

ready
read|y1 [ˈredi] adj
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1¦(prepared)¦
2¦(for immediate use)¦
3 have something ready
4 be/feel ready for something
5 be ready to do something
6¦(willing)¦
7¦(quick)¦
8 ready money/cash
9 ready, steady, go!
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[Date: 1100-1200; : Old English; Origin: rAde 'prepared']
1.) ¦(PREPARED)¦ [not before noun]
if you are ready, you are prepared for what you are going to do
▪ Come on. Aren't you ready yet?
▪ When the doorbell rang he was ready and waiting .
ready to do sth
▪ Everything's packed, and we're ready to leave.
ready for
▪ I don't feel that I'm ready for my driving test yet.
▪ I felt strong, fit, and ready for anything .
ready with
▪ At the end of the lecture, I was ready with questions.
▪ Why does it take you so long to get ready to go out?
make ready
(=prepare to start doing something)
▪ We made ready for our journey home.
when you're ready
(=said to tell someone that you are ready for them to start doing something)
ready when you are
(=said to tell someone that you are ready to do what you have arranged to do together)
→↑prepare
2.) ¦(FOR IMMEDIATE USE)¦ [not before noun]
if something is ready, someone has prepared it and you can use it immediately
▪ When will supper be ready?
ready to use/eat etc
▪ The computer is now set up and ready to use.
ready for
▪ Is everything ready for the exhibition?
▪ I've got to get a room ready for our guests.
3.) have sth ready
to have something near you so that you can use it if you need to
▪ I had my calculator ready.
4.) be/feel ready for sth
spoken to need or want something as soon as possible
▪ I'm really ready for a vacation.
5.) be ready to do sth informal
to be likely to do something soon
▪ She looked ready to burst into tears.
6.) ¦(WILLING)¦ [not before noun]
very willing to do something
ready to do sth
▪ He was always ready to help us.
▪ She was ready and willing to work hard.
7.) ¦(QUICK)¦ [only before noun]
available or coming without delay
▪ They need to have ready access to police files.
▪ a ready supply of drink
▪ I had no ready answer to his question.
▪ an intelligent man with a ready wit
8.) ready money/cash
money that you can spend immediately
▪ The company is short of ready cash.
9.) ready, steady, go!
BrE get ready, get set, go! AmE spoken used to tell people to start a race
→↑readily, ↑readiness
→rough and ready at ↑rough1 (15)
ready 2
ready2 past tense and past participle readied present participle readying third person singular readies
v [T]
formal to make something or someone ready for something
= ↑prepare ready sb/sth for sth
▪ I tried to ready him for the bad news.
ready 3
ready3 n
1.) at the ready
available to be used immediately
▪ Soldiers stood around with weapons at the ready.
2.) the readies
BrE informal money that you can use immediately
▪ I'm getting a new car as soon as I can scrape together the readies.
ready 4
ready4 adv
ready cooked/prepared etc
already cooked, prepared etc by someone else
▪ They seem to live on ready cooked meals.

Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.

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