ready
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- n poised for action
their guns were at the ready - v prepare for eating by applying heat
- v make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Get the children ready for school! - a completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress
get ready
she is ready to resign
the bridge is ready to collapse
I am ready to work
ready for action
ready for use
the soup will be ready in a minute
ready to learn to read - s (of especially money) immediately available
he seems to have ample ready money
a ready source of cash - s mentally disposed
he was ready to believe her - s made suitable and available for immediate use
dinner is ready - s apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
a ready wit
- As the world watches nervously, the Crimea tries to steer a course between an angry Russia and a suspicious Ukraine, two nuclear-armed countries that already disagree over .
- And ready to beat the Republicans this November.