yare
yare · yarer · yarest
Ready, alert, prepared, promptReady, alert, prepared, prompt.
UK/jɛː/US/jɛɹ/
Meaning
4 senses(UK, dialectal)Ready, alert, prepared, prompt.
Eager, keen, lively, handy; agile, nimble.
Easily manageable and responsive to the helm; yar.
c. 1587-1612 (undated), Sir Walter Raleigh, letter to Prince Henry The lesser [ship] will come and go, leave or take, and is yare; whereas the greater is slow.
(archaic)Ready; prepared.
гото́выйgotóvyj, подгото́вленныйpodgotóvlennyj
Translations
1 languagesРусский
ready, prepared:
Origin
From Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equippedFrom Middle English yare, ȝare, from Old English ġearu (“prepared, ready, prompt, equipped, complete, finished, yare”), from Proto-West Germanic *garu, from Proto-Germanic *garwaz (“ready”).
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Forms
yarer, yarestWord family
1 related wordsDerivedyarely
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form