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- [red-ee]
- /ˈrɛd i/
- /ˈredi/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [red-ee]
- /ˈrɛd i/
Definitions of ready word
- adjective ready completely prepared or in fit condition for immediate action or use: troops ready for battle; Dinner is ready. 1
- adjective ready duly equipped, completed, adjusted, or arranged, as for an occasion or purpose: The mechanic called to say that the car is ready. 1
- adjective ready willing: ready to forgive. 1
- adjective ready prompt or quick in perceiving, comprehending, speaking, writing, etc. 1
- adjective ready proceeding from or showing such quickness: a ready reply. 1
- adjective ready prompt or quick in action, performance, manifestation, etc.: a keen mind and ready wit. 1
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Origin of ready
First appearance:
before 1150 One of the 7% oldest English words
1150-1200; Middle English redy, early Middle English rædig, equivalent to Old English rǣde prompt + -ig -y1
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Parts of speech for Ready
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ready popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% 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".
ready usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ready
adj ready
- able — Someone who is able is very clever or very good at doing something.
- acceptive — ready or willing to accept
- acquiescent — Someone who is acquiescent is ready to agree to do what someone wants, or to accept what they do.
- alacritous — cheerful readiness, promptness, or willingness: We accepted the invitation with alacrity.
- all ears — If someone says that they are all ears, they mean that they are ready and eager to listen.
prep ready
- about to — on the point of; intending to
- at the point of — very close to; on the verge of
verb ready
- blockaded — the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- blueprinting — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, which produces a white line on a blue background.
- brace up — to call forth one's courage, resolution, etc., as after defeat or disappointment
- brace — If you brace yourself for something unpleasant or difficult, you prepare yourself for it.
- broomed — an implement for sweeping, consisting of a brush of straw or stiff strands of synthetic material bound tightly to the end of a long handle.
adjective ready
- adjusted — psychologically well or badly equipped to cope with reality and ordinary life and relationships
- alert — If you are alert, you are paying full attention to things around you and are able to deal with anything that might happen.
- anticipating — to realize beforehand; foretaste or foresee: to anticipate pleasure.
- arranged — If you say how things are arranged, you are talking about their position in relation to each other or to something else.
- eager — keen or ardent in desire or feeling; impatiently longing: I am eager for news about them. He is eager to sing.
noun ready
- money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
Antonyms for ready
adj ready
- afraid — If you are afraid of someone or afraid to do something, you are frightened because you think that something very unpleasant is going to happen to you.
- against the grain — contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- averse — If you say that you are not averse to something, you mean that you quite like it or quite want to do it.
- banausic — merely mechanical; materialistic; utilitarian
- band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
verb ready
- bollix — to make a muddle of; bungle; botch
- breached — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- breaching — the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- break into — If someone breaks into a building, they get into it by force.
- cop out — If you say that someone is copping out, you mean they are avoiding doing something they should do.
adjective ready
- casuistical — Casuistic.
- elusory — That tends to elude.
- evasive — Tending to avoid commitment or self-revelation, esp. by responding only indirectly.
- newcome — Just arrived; lately come.
- qualmish — tending to have, or having, qualms.
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