ready

ready
I UK [ˈredɪ] / US adjective
Word forms "ready":
adjective ready comparative readier superlative readiest
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1)
a) [never before noun] prepared for what is going to happen

We'll never be ready in time.

ready for:

She was ready for a new challenge.

ready to do something:

Are you ready to go yet?

b) in a suitable condition for use

Is dinner ready?

get something ready:

I'd just got tea ready when they called.

have something ready:

We can have your order ready by 5.00.

2) willing to do something
ready to do something:

Jack was always ready to work extra hours if necessary.

You are too ready to find fault with other people.

ready with:

He was always ready with a story to cheer us up.

3) [only before noun] formal easily and quickly produced or available

a ready smile

This type of account gives you ready access to your money.

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get (someone) ready — to prepare yourself or someone else to do something

She's upstairs getting ready to go out.

get (someone) ready for:

It was time to get the kids ready for bed.

ready cash/money — money in the form of coins and notes that you can spend immediately

ready for something/ready to do something — feeling that you must have or must do something

We were all ready for a holiday.


II UK [ˈredɪ] / US noun
III UK [ˈredɪ] / US verb [transitive]
Word forms "ready":
present tense I/you/we/they ready he/she/it readies present participle readying past tense readied past participle readied formal
to make someone or something ready to do something

English dictionary. 2014.

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