ready

English

Etymology

Middle English redy, rædig, from Old English ræde, geræde, from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz ("arranged") + -y. Cognate with Danish rede, Dutch gereed, German gerade and bereit, Old Norse greiðr and Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs).

Pronunciation

• enPR: rĕd'i, IPA: /ˈɹɛdi/, SAMPA: /"r\Edi/

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  Homophones: reddy

  Rhymes: Rhymes: -ɛdi

• Hyphenation: read‧y

Adjective

ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest)

1. Prepared for immediate action or use.

   The troops are ready for battle.

2. Inclined; apt to happen.
3. Liable at any moment.

   The seed is ready to sprout.

Synonyms

• good to go

Translations

Prepared for immediate action or use

Arabic: جاهز (ar) (jaahiz), مستعد (ar) (musta3id) Armenian: պատրաստ (hy) (patrast) Belarusian: гатовы (be) (hatóvyj) Chinese: Mandarin: 准備好的 (zh), 准备好的 (zh) (zhǔnbèi hǎo de) Czech: připravený (cs) m. Dutch: gereed (nl), klaar (nl) Finnish: valmis (fi) French: prêt (fr) m., prête (fr) f. German: bereit (de) Hawaiian: mākaukau Hebrew: מוכן (he) (mukhan) Hindi: तैयार (hi) (taiyār) Hungarian: kész (hu) Irish: réidh (ga), ullamh (ga) Italian: pronto (it), preparato (it) Japanese: 用意の出来た (ja) (よういのできた, yōi-no dekita), 出来上がり (ja) (dekiagari), 準備の出来た (ja) (junbi-no dekita)

Korean: 준비된 (ko) (junbi-doen) Kurdish: ئاماده‌ (ku) Latvian: gatavs (lv) Lojban: bredi (jbo) Norwegian: klar (no), parat (no) Polish: gotowy (pl) m., gotów (pl) m., gotowa (pl) f., gotowe (pl) n., gotowi (pl) pl. Portuguese: pronto (pt) m., preparado (pt) m. Russian: готовый (ru) (gotóvyj) Scots: boun Spanish: preparado (es), listo (es) Swedish: beredd (sv) Telugu: సిద్ధం (te) (siddham), తయారు (te) (tayaaru) Turkish: hazır (tr) Ukrainian: готовий (uk) (hotóvyj) Urdu: تیار (ur) (taiyār) Welsh: barod (cy)

Inclined, apt to happen

Arabic: حاضر (ħāḍir), مستعد (mustaʕídd) Kurdish: حازر Norwegian: beredt (no), rede (no)

Swedish: redo (sv) Turkish: meyyal (tr) (meyyâl), razı (tr) (rāzı)

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Albanian: gati Catalan: llest Croatian: gotov Czech: hotový Esperanto: preta Finnish: valmis (1), taipuvainen (2), altis (2) German: fertig, gar Greek: έτοιμος (étimos) Hungarian: kész Italian: pronto m., pronta f.

Latin: preparatus m., preparata f., preparatum n. Malay: sedia Norwegian: klar (no) Romanian: gata Serbian: spreman m., spremna f., spremno n. Spanish: listo Telugu: సిద్ధం (te) (siddhaM), తయారు (te) (tayaaru) Turkish: hazır Welsh: parod

Verb

ready (third-person singular simple present readies, present participle readying, simple past and past participle readied)

1. To make prepared for action.

Translations

to make prepared for action

Arabic: جَهّزَ (jáhhaza) Hungarian: készül (hu) Italian: preparare (it)

Kurdish: ئاماده‌کردن Portuguese: preparar (pt), aprontar (pt)

Derived terms

Related terms

at the ready cable ready camera-ready make-ready on the ready oven-ready ready, aim, fire! readiness ready-made

ready money ready or not ready reckoner ready room ready, set, go! ready, steady, go ready to hand ready-to-wear ready, willing, and able rough and ready

Related terms

• already

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: common · subject · can't · #441: ready · ought · written · arms

Anagrams

• deary
• rayed
• yeard