Meaning

6 senses
  1. Prepared for immediate action or use.

    I made ready to set out on my journey.

    The troops are ready for battle.

    bereit, fertig, gar

    гото́выйgotóvyj

    гото́вийhotóvyj

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

  2. Prepared for immediate action or use.

    First only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century

    a loaf of ready-sliced bread

    The cave was like a ready-made home for us.

  3. Inclined; apt to happen.

  4. Liable at any moment.

    The seed is ready to sprout.

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

    a ready apprehension

    ready wit

  6. Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.

    bereit

Examples

5127 sentences
  1. I'm getting ready for the worst.

    Готуюся до найгіршого.

    ruЯ готовлюсь к худшему.

    deIch bereite mich auf das Schlimmste vor...

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  2. We'll start whenever you are ready.

    Розпочнемо, як тільки ти будеш готовий.

    ruМы начнём, как только вы будете готовы.

    deWir fangen an, sobald du fertig bist.

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  3. Are you ready to order now?

    Ви готові робити замовлення зараз?

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  4. Let's leave when you are ready.

    Давай підемо, коли ти будеш готовий.

    ruДавай пойдём, когда ты будешь готов.

    deWir gehen, wenn sie bereit sind.

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  5. I am ready to help you.

    Я готовий вам допомогти.

    ruЯ готов тебе помочь.

    deIch bin bereit, dir zu helfen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
prepared for immediate action or use:
Русский
By meaning 1
prepared for immediate action or use:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
prepared for immediate action or use:

Origin

From Middle English redy, redi, rædiȝ, iredi, ȝerǣdi, alteration ( + -y) of earlier irēd,

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”).

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Forms

readier, readiest
Comparativereadier Lesson
Superlativereadiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity:quick

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

30 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was ready to
  • ready to do
  • getting ready
  • ready to leave
  • ready to go
  • getting ready for
  • getting ready to
  • be ready for
  • is getting ready
  • will be ready
  • be ready by
  • to be ready

See also

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