ready

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   made suitable and available for immediate use

   dinner is ready

2. 2
   adj

   completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress

   get ready

3. 3
   adj

   mentally disposed

   I was ready to believe them.

4. 4
   noun

   poised for action

   their guns were at the ready

5. 5
   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!

6. 6
   adj

   Prepared for immediate action or use.

   I made ready to set out on my journey.

7. 7
   adj

   Liable at any moment.

   The seed is ready to sprout.

8. 8
   adj

   Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.

   a ready apprehension

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, re…