ready
Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/ˈɹɛd.i/]
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Senses
1. ready (adj) — sense 1
Definition: Prepared for immediate action or use.
Example: I made ready to set out on my journey.
2. ready (adj) — sense 2
Definition: Prepared for immediate action or use.: first only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century
Example: a loaf of ready-sliced bread
3. ready (adj) — sense 3
Definition: Inclined; apt to happen.
4. ready (verb) — sense 4
Definition: To prepare; to make ready for action.
Example: Immigration agents in military green surrounded MacArthur Park as the convoy readied for a show of force akin to a Hollywood movie.
5. ready (noun) — sense 5
Definition: Ready money; cash.
Example: [H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready, either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]
Structure of the word
Roots:- h₂er (Proto-Indo-European)
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