If you're ready for something, you're prepared you're all set to do it. You're not truly ready for bed until you're wearing pajamas and have finished brushing your teeth.
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;
Noun
poised for action; "their guns were at the ready"
Verb
make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"
Verb
prepare for eating by applying heat; "Cook me dinner, please"; "can you make me an omelette?"; "fix breakfast for the guests, please"
Adjective S.
apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity; "a quick mind"; "a ready wit"
Adjective S.
brought into readiness; "dinner is ready"
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
Adjective S.
mentally disposed; "he was ready to believe her"
superl.
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.
superl.
Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay
for lack of being prepared or furnished.
superl.
Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant;
willing; free; inclined; disposed.
superl.
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.
superl.
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune;
convenient; near; easy.
superl.
On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a
following infinitive.
superl.
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.
adv.
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to
need no delay.
n.
Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well
supplied with the ready.
v. t.
To dispose in order.
Ready
My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.3.
I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die at Jerusalem, for the name of the Lord Jesus.
If need be, I am ready to forego And quit.4.
Gurth, whose temper was ready, through surly.5.
A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, The readiest weapon that his fury found.6.
My heart is ready to crack.7.
Ready
We ourselves will go ready armed.
Ready
Lord Strut was not flush in ready, either to go to law, or to clear old debts.
Ready
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;
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the;
To dispose in order.
Usage Examples
As a child, I had to get up early for school or work. I'd get ready by myself. I'd set my alarm to wake me up very early in the morning, and be off to work, the family driver driving me every morning. I did it alone, my parents never coming in to wake me up.
And then there's all these other creeps that surround your band and suck off you like leeches and try to manipulate you and your business. You have to watch like a hawk. I'm always ready to fight. I see it very much as a battle.
Being ready isn't enough you have to be prepared for a promotion or any other significant change.
And it's here and it's ready and we can really revolutionize the way we educate our children with tablet computers, and I'm committed to doing whatever I can to speaking to whomever I can to send this signal - to pound this message home. Now is the time.
And I remember leaving my place in L.A. and - my father is a big fight fan - and I said, 'Dad, I got a couple of days off and I'm getting ready to go to Houston to sign to fight Muhammad Ali.
A whole lot of us believers, of all different religions, are ready to turn back the tide of madness by walking together, in both the dark and the light - in other words, through life - registering voters as we go, and keeping the faith.
And what do Democrats stand for, if they are so ready to defame concerned citizens as the 'mob' - a word betraying a Marie Antoinette delusion of superiority to ordinary mortals. I thought my party was populist, attentive to the needs and wishes of those outside the power structure. And as a product of the 1960s, I thought the Democratic party was passionately committed to freedom of thought and speech.
A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.
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Other Usage ExamplesA great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Cameramen are among the most extraordinarily able and competent people I know. They have to have an insight into natural history that gives them a sixth sense of what the creature is going to do, so they can be ready to follow.
C-17s should be ready to go at various military bases around the world packed with water, food, medical supplies, sleeping bags and tents, all prepared to be air dropped in alongside soldiers and doctors to begin relief efforts.
But of course when people watch morning television, Terry, it's a very different animal. You know, they're running around, they're getting their kids ready for school, they're probably doing eight million things, they're brushing their teeth.
Before everything else, getting ready is the secret of success.
America is a country ready to be taken, in fact, longing to be taken by political leaders ready to restore democracy and trust to the political process.
A self-respecting nation is ready for anything, including war, except for a renunciation of its option to make war.
A fact of modern life is that it takes women longer to get ready than men.
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