'Ready' definitions:
Definition of 'ready'
From: WordNet
adjective
Completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress; "get ready"; "she is ready to resign"; "the bridge is ready to collapse"; "I am ready to work"; "ready for action"; "ready for use"; "the soup will be ready in a minute"; "ready to learn to read" [ant: unready]
adjective
(of especially money) immediately available; "he seems to have ample ready money"; "a ready source of cash"
adjective
Mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"
adjective
Made suitable and available for immediate use; "dinner is ready"
adjective
Apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit" [syn: quick, ready]
noun
Poised for action; "their guns were at the ready"
verb
Prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please" [syn: cook, fix, ready, make, prepare]
verb
Definition of 'Ready'
From: GCIDE
- Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), a. [Compar. Readier (r[e^]d"[i^]*[~e]r); superl. Readiest.] [AS. r[=ae]de; akin to D. gereed, bereid, G. bereit, Goth. gar['a]ids fixed, arranged, and possibly to E. ride, as meaning originally, prepared for riding. Cf. Array, 1st Curry.]
- 1. Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey. "When she redy was." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished. "Dinner was ready." --Fielding. [1913 Webster]
- My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. --Matt. xxii. 4. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed. [1913 Webster]
- I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus. --Acts xxi. 13. [1913 Webster]
- If need be, I am ready to forego And quit. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman. "Ready in devising expedients." --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- Gurth, whose temper was ready, though surly. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy. "The readiest way." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 6. On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive. [1913 Webster]
- My heart is ready to crack. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Mil.) A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim. [1913 Webster]
- All ready, ready in every particular; wholly equipped or prepared. "[I] am all redy at your hest." --Chaucer.
- Ready money, means of immediate payment; cash. "'T is all the ready money fate can give." --Cowley.
- Ready reckoner, a book of tables for facilitating computations, as of interest, prices, etc.
- To make ready, to make preparation; to get in readiness. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Prompt; expeditious; speedy; unhesitating; dexterous; apt; skillful; handy; expert; facile; easy; opportune; fitted; prepared; disposed; willing; free; cheerful. See Prompt. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ready'
From: GCIDE
- Ready \Read"y\ (r[e^]d"[y^]), adv. In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay. [1913 Webster]
- We ourselves will go ready armed. --Num. xxxii. 17. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ready'
From: GCIDE
- Ready \Read"y\, n. Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready. [Slang] [1913 Webster]
- Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Ready'
From: GCIDE
- Ready \Read"y\, v. t. To dispose in order. [Obs.] --Heywood. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'ready'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- about,
- accessible,
- accordant,
- acquiescent,
- active,
- acute,
- adaptable,
- adept,
- adjusted,
- adroit,
- affirmative,
- agape,
- agile,
- agog,
- agreeable,
- agreeing,
- alacritous,
- alert,
- alive,
- all agog,
- all ready,
- all set,
- all-around,
- amenable,
- animated,
- anticipant,
- anticipating,
- anticipative,
- anticipatory,
- anxious,
- apprentice,
- approving,
- apt,
- apt to,
- arch,
- ardent,
- armed,
- armed and ready,
- arrange,
- artful,
- artistic,
- assenting,
- astute,
- at hand,
- attentive,
- authoritative,
- available,
- avid,
- awaiting,
- awake,
- booted and spurred,
- brace,
- bravura,
- break,
- break in,
- breathless,
- breed,
- briefed,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- bring up,
- bursting to,
- cagey,
- calculated to,
- canny,
- cash,
- certain,
- cheerful,
- clairvoyant,
- clean,
- clear for action,
- clear the decks,
- clever,
- close at hand,
- close to,
- coached,
- cobble,
- cocked,
- commission,
- compliable,
- compliant,
- condition,
- confident,
- consentient,
- consenting,
- content,
- convenient,
- cooperative,
- coordinated,
- cordial,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- cultivate,
- cunning,
- cure,
- cute,
- daedal,
- Daedalian,
- darn,
- deceitful,
- decisive,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- deploy,
- designing,
- desirous,
- develop,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- discipline,
- dispatchful,
- disposed,
- disposed to,
- divinatory,
- do up,
- docile,
- doctor,
- dress,
- drill,
- dynamic,
- eager,
- educable,
- endorsing,
- enthusiastic,
- equip,
- equipped,
- excellent,
- exercise,
- expectant,
- expecting,
- expeditious,
- expert,
- facile,
- fain,
- familiarized,
- fancy,
- farseeing,
- farsighted,
- favorable,
- favorably disposed,
- favorably inclined,
- feline,
- fetch up,
- fit,
- fit out,
- fix,
- fix up,
- forearmed,
- forehanded,
- foreknowing,
- foreseeing,
- foresighted,
- forestalling,
- forethoughted,
- forethoughtful,
- forewarned,
- form,
- formable,
- fortify,
- forward,
- foster,
- foxy,
- friendly,
- full of life,
- game,
- gaping,
- genial,
- get,
- get ready,
- given,
- given to,
- good,
- good and ready,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- groom,
- groomed,
- guileful,
- handy,
- happy,
- hopeful,
- house-train,
- housebreak,
- immediate,
- impatient,
- impressionable,
- improve,
- in anticipation,
- in arms,
- in battle array,
- in condition,
- in danger of,
- in expectation,
- in position,
- in readiness,
- in the mind,
- in the mood,
- in the saddle,
- inclined,
- inclined to,
- informed,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- instant,
- instantaneous,
- instructable,
- intelligent,
- intuitive,
- inventive,
- keen,
- knowing,
- liable,
- liable to,
- lick into shape,
- likely,
- likely to,
- live,
- lively,
- loaded,
- loaded for bear,
- longsighted,
- looking for,
- looking forward to,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- make,
- make arrangements,
- make preparations,
- make ready,
- make up,
- malleable,
- marshal,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- mature,
- mend,
- minded,
- minded to,
- mobilize,
- mobilized,
- moldable,
- money,
- motivated,
- neat,
- nimble,
- no mean,
- not surprised,
- nothing loath,
- nurse,
- nurture,
- of all work,
- on call,
- on deck,
- on hand,
- on tap,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- on the mark,
- optimistic,
- organize,
- overhaul,
- panting,
- patch,
- patch up,
- pawky,
- perceptive,
- permissive,
- plan,
- planned,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- poised,
- politic,
- practice,
- prearrange,
- prearranged,
- precognitive,
- precognizant,
- predisposed,
- predisposed to,
- prep,
- prepare,
- prepared,
- prepared and ready,
- prepped,
- prescient,
- pretreat,
- primed,
- process,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prompt,
- prone,
- prone to,
- provide,
- provided,
- provident,
- providential,
- prudent,
- psyched up,
- punctual,
- put in commission,
- put in order,
- put in repair,
- put in shape,
- put in tune,
- put to school,
- qualified,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- quite some,
- raise,
- rapid,
- raring to,
- ratifying,
- ready and willing,
- ready for anything,
- ready to,
- ready up,
- rear,
- recap,
- receptive,
- recondition,
- rehearse,
- repair,
- resourceful,
- responsive,
- retread,
- ripe,
- ripe for instruction,
- sagacious,
- sanctioning,
- sanguine,
- scheming,
- schoolable,
- send to school,
- serpentine,
- service,
- set,
- set to rights,
- settle preliminaries,
- sew up,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- sleepless,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- some,
- sophistical,
- speedy,
- spirited,
- spry,
- statesmanlike,
- stealthy,
- steel,
- strategic,
- strengthen,
- stylish,
- subject to,
- submissive,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- summary,
- supple,
- sure,
- susceptible,
- swift,
- tactful,
- tactical,
- take in hand,
- tan,
- teachable,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- thirsty for knowledge,
- timely,
- tinker,
- tinker up,
- to hand,
- tractable,
- train,
- trainable,
- treat,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- trim,
- try out,
- unblinking,
- ungrudging,
- unloath,
- unnodding,
- unrefusing,
- unreluctant,
- unsleeping,
- unsurprised,
- unwinking,
- up,
- up in arms,
- versatile,
- vigilant,
- virtuoso,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- vulpine,
- waiting,
- waiting for,
- wakeful,
- wary,
- watching for,
- well-disposed,
- well-done,
- well-inclined,
- well-prepared,
- wherewithal,
- wide-awake,
- willed,
- willing,
- willinghearted,
- wily,
- workmanlike,
- zealous,
- zestful