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ready

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛd.i/

The English word “ready” has 8 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Prepared for immediate action or use.
  2. first only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century
  3. Inclined; apt to happen.
  4. Liable at any moment.
  5. Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
  6. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.

verb

  1. To prepare; to make ready for action.

noun

  1. Ready money; cash.

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,…

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