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ready¹
- /ˈɹɛd.i/ Canada, US, UK
- /ˈɹed.i/ Australia, New Zealand
- /ˈrɛɖi/ South Asia
Sounds like reddy, Reddy (South Asia, only if without gemination) · Rhymes with -ɛdi
Where it comes from
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”).
adjective readier · readiest
- Prepared for immediate action or use. I made ready to set out on my journey.
- first only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century a loaf of ready-sliced bread
- Inclined; apt to happen.
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Liable at any moment.
The seed is ready to sprout.
Similar: fit
- Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind. a ready apprehension
- Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient. Through the wilde Deſert, not the readieſt way,
Similar: good to go · Opposite: unready
verb readies · readying · readied
noun readies
- Ready money; cash. [H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready, either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]
Ready²
proper noun Readys
- A surname.
- An unincorporated community in Grayson County, Kentucky, United States.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: primed, prepared, prepare, set up, gear up, available, make, willing, fit, in order, waiting, intelligent, set, prompt, quick, ripe
adjective
Similar: good to go · Opposite: unready
Translations
Every language
adj prepared for immediate action or use
| Español | aprontado, listo, listoco, alistado, aprestado, en fa |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 준비된 junbidoen |
| 日本語 | 用意の出来た yōi no dekita, 出来上がり dekiagari, 準備の出来た junbi no dekita |
| 中文 | 準備好的 /准备好的 zhǔnbèi hǎo de |
| हिन्दी | तैयार taiyār, मुस्तैद mustaid, सिद्ध siddh, आमादा āmādā, तत्पर tatpar, सज्ज sajj |
| Português | pronto, preparado |
| Français | prêt, prête |
| Deutsch | bereit, fertig, gar, parat |
| Italiano | pronto, preparato |
| Ελληνικά | έτοιμος étoimos |
| Română | gata |
| Русский | гото́вый gotóvyj |
| Tiếng Việt | sẵn sàng |
| العربية | جَاهِز jāhiz, مُسْتَعِدّ mustaʕidd |
| עברית | מוּכָן mukhan |
adj inclined, apt to happen
| हिन्दी | मुस्तैद mustaid |
|---|---|
| Português | pronto |
| العربية | حَاضِر ḥāḍir, مُسْتَعِدّ mustaʕidd |
verb to make prepared for action
| Español | alistar, aprontar, aprestar, poner en fa |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | उद्यत udyat |
| Português | preparar, aprontar |
| Français | rendre disponible |
| Deutsch | bereit machen, fertig machen, klar machen, vorbereiten |
| Italiano | preparare |
| العربية | جَهَّزَ jahhaza |
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