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- [get red-ee]
- /gɛt ˈrɛd i/
- /ˈɡet ˈredi/
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- [get red-ee]
- /gɛt ˈrɛd i/
Definitions of get ready words
- noun get ready the state or condition of being ready. 1
- noun get ready Informal. ready money; cash. 1
- verb with object get ready to make ready; prepare. 1
- verb without object get ready to take notice; give attention; consider. 1
- verb without object get ready scent-mark (def 1). 1
- idioms get ready at the ready, in a condition of readiness, available for immediate use: shoppers with their umbrellas at the ready; soldiers keeping their weapons at the ready. 1
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Origin of get ready
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English mearc mark, sign, banner, dividing line, borderland; cognate with German Mark borderland, unit of weight, Old Norse mǫrk forest (orig., borderland), unit of weight, Gothic marka boundary, borderland, Latin margō margin; (v.) Middle English marken, Old English mearcian; cognate with Old Frisian merkia, Old High German marchōn, Old Norse marka to plan
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Parts of speech for Get ready
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
get ready popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
get ready usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for get ready
verb get ready
- tailor — a stroke of a bell indicating someone's death; knell.
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- determine — If a particular factor determines the nature of a thing or event, it causes it to be of a particular kind.
- prepare — to put in proper condition or readiness: to prepare a patient for surgery.
- schedule — a plan of procedure, usually written, for a proposed objective, especially with reference to the sequence of and time allotted for each item or operation necessary to its completion: The schedule allows three weeks for this stage.
Antonyms for get ready
verb get ready
- destroy — To destroy something means to cause so much damage to it that it is completely ruined or does not exist any more.
- disorder — lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
- disorganize — to destroy the organization, systematic arrangement, or orderly connection of; throw into confusion or disorder.
- hesitate — to be reluctant or wait to act because of fear, indecision, or disinclination: She hesitated to take the job.
- waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
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