English Online Dictionary. What means ready? What does ready mean?
Translingual
Etymology
From English ready, from the English-language sequence on your marks, ready, set, go, of which only ready is used translingually.
Interjection
ready
- (sports) The command to make ready, regardless of language of competitors, used in multiple sports to get contestants to their marks in preparation to start.
English
Etymology
From Middle English redy, redi, rædiȝ, iredi, ȝerǣdi, alteration ( + -y) of earlier irēd, irede, ȝerād (“ready, prepared”), from Old English rǣde, ġerǣde (also ġerȳde) ("prepared, prompt, ready, ready for riding (horse), mounted (on a horse), skilled, simple, easy"), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz, *raidijaz, from base *raidaz (“ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁dʰ-, *h₂reh₁- (“to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable”) and also probably conflated with Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”) in the sense of "set to ride, able or fit to go, ready". Cognate with Scots readie, reddy (“ready, prepared”), West Frisian ree (“ready”), Dutch gereed (“ready”), German bereit (“ready”), Danish rede (“ready”), Swedish redo (“ready, fit, prepared”), Norwegian reiug (“ready, prepared”), Icelandic greiður (“easy, light”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “arranged, ordered”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: rĕd'i, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd.i/
- Homophone: reddy
- Hyphenation: read‧y
- Rhymes: -ɛdi
Adjective
ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest)
- Prepared for immediate action or use.
- Inclined; apt to happen.
- Liable at any moment.
- Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
- Synonyms: dexterous, prompt, easy, expert
- Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
Synonyms
- good to go
Antonyms
- unready
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Translations
Verb
ready (third-person singular simple present readies, present participle readying, simple past and past participle readied)
- (transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.
Synonyms
- yark
Translations
Noun
ready (countable and uncountable, plural readies)
- (slang) Ready money; cash.
Related terms
- already
Translations
Anagrams
- Yarde, dayer, deary, deray, rayed, yeard