Ready Extra Examples I ˈredi Start Quick Adjective

• just a minute—i'm almost ready.
• are you nearly ready?
• ‘shall we go?’ ‘i'm ready when you are!’
• i'm just getting the kids ready for school.

ready

1. fully prepared for what you are going to do and able to start it immediately
• Just a minute—I'm almost ready.
• Are you nearly ready?
• ‘Shall we go?’ ‘I'm ready when you are!’
• I'm just getting the kids ready for school.
• Right, we're ready to go.
• We were getting ready to go out.
• She's always ready to help.
• Volunteers were ready and waiting to pack the food in boxes.

Extra Examples

• He's always ready with a quick answer.
• I think we're just about ready to start.
• I was all ready to leave when the phone rang.
• I'm trying to get the children ready to leave.
• Our troops keep training all the time to remain ready.
• We're definitely ready for the show tonight.
2. having the experience, attitude, etc. that you need in order to be able to deal with something
• Her husband wants to start a family, but she isn't ready.
• I’m not sure if Karen is ready for marriage yet.
• I was twenty years old and ready for anything.
• He is clearly not ready to take on such an important role.

Extra Examples

• He didn't feel quite ready for marriage.
• I feel ready for anything!
• She was concerned to protect the children from the truth until she judged them ready to hear it.
3. completed and available to be used
• Come on, dinner's ready!
• The new building should be ready by 2020.
• Can you help me get everything ready for the party?
• The contract will be ready to sign in two weeks.

Extra Examples

• I've left everything ready in the kitchen.
• I'll get all the boxes ready.
• The cases are ready for delivery.
• The suitcases were standing ready by the front door.
• The plane was refuelled and declared ready for service again.
4. available to be used easily and immediately
• SEE ALSO readily
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/readily
• All the relevant records are easily available ready to hand.
• a ready supply of wood
• a ready source of income

Extra Examples

• Please have your tickets ready for inspection.
• He held his gun ready.
• The warships were soon made ready.
5. willing and quick to do or give something
• I was very angry and ready for a fight.
• She's always ready with advice.
• He's always ready and willing to help.
• Don't be so ready to believe the worst about people.

Extra Examples

• She was only too ready to believe the worst of him.
• Connors was more than ready to oblige.
• He's always ready to help his friends.
6. likely to do something very soon
• SYNONYM on the point of
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/point_1
• She looked ready to collapse at any minute.
7. needing something as soon as possible
• Right, I'm ready for bed.
• After the long walk, we were all ready for a drink.
8. quick and clever
• She has great charm and a ready wit.
9. to prepare for something; to prepare something for something
• to make ready for the President’s visit
10. what you say to tell people to start a race
11. ready to start
• The show is just about ready to roll.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old English rǣde (from a Germanic base meaning ‘arrange, prepare’; related to Dutch gereed) + -y.