English adjective: ready | |||
1. | ready completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress | ||
Samples | 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 to learn to read. | ||
Similar | at the ready, fit, in order, primed, prompt, ready and waiting, ripe, set, waiting | ||
See also | prepared, willing | ||
Attribute | preparation, preparedness, readiness | ||
Antonyms | unready | ||
2. | ready (of especially money) immediately available | ||
Samples | He seems to have ample ready money. A ready source of cash. | ||
Similar | available | ||
Antonyms | unavailable | ||
3. | ready mentally disposed | ||
Samples | He was ready to believe her. | ||
Similar | willing | ||
Antonyms | unwilling | ||
4. | ready made suitable and available for immediate use | ||
Samples | Dinner is ready. | ||
Similar | prepared | ||
Antonyms | unprepared | ||
5. | ready apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity | ||
Samples | A quick mind. A ready wit. | ||
Synonyms | quick | ||
Similar | intelligent | ||
Antonyms | unintelligent, stupid | ||
English noun: ready | |||
1. | ready (state) poised for action | ||
Samples | Their guns were at the ready. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | preparation, preparedness, readiness | ||
English verb: ready | |||
1. | ready (creation) prepare for eating by applying heat | ||
Samples | Cook me dinner, please. Can you make me an omelette?. Fix breakfast for the guests, please. | ||
Examples | The chefs ready the vegetables | ||
Synonyms | cook, fix, make, prepare | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | create from raw material, create from raw stuff | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | concoct, cook up, deglaze, devil, dress, dress out, escallop, flambe, keep, lard, precook, preserve, put on, scallop, whip up, whomp up | ||
Verb group | make | ||
2. | ready (change) make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc | ||
Samples | Get the children ready for school!. Prepare for war. I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill. | ||
Synonyms | fix, gear up, prepare, set, set up | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody PP. Somebody ----s something PP. Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | ||
Broader (hypernym) | alter, change, modify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | brace, cram, crop, cultivate, fix, lay out, mount, poise, precondition, prime, provide, set, set up, socialise, socialize, summerise, summerize, winterise, winterize, work | ||