ready

CEFRA1

/ˈɹɛd.i/

adjective

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  1. 01

    adjective

    Prepared and able to do something now.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Inclined; apt to happen.

Examples

  • He sat watching her as she got ready.

  • It will take five to ten years for the technology to be ready.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • /ˈrɛɖi/
  • /ˈɹed.i/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Prepared for immediate action or use.

  2. first only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century

  3. Liable at any moment.

More examples

In context

  • Life begins when you're ready to live it.

  • I made ready to set out on my journey.

  • The porridge is ready to serve.

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Origin

adjective

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”...