ready
poised for action (Freq. 2)
- their guns were at the ready
• Hypernyms:
readiness, preparedness, preparation
1. prepare for eating by applying heat (Freq. 1)
- Cook me dinner, please
- can you make me an omelette?
- fix breakfast for the guests, please
• Syn:
cook, fix, make, prepare
• Derivationally related forms:
preparation (for: prepare), cook (for: cook), cooker (for: cook), cooking (for: cook), cookery (for: cook)
• Hypernyms:
create from raw material, create from raw stuff
• Hyponyms:
preserve, keep, dress, dress out, deglaze,
scallop, escallop, flambe, put on, devil, precook,
whip up, whomp up, concoct, cook up, lard
• Verb Group:
make
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- The chefs ready the vegetables
2. make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc (Freq. 1)
- Get the children ready for school!
- prepare for war
- I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
• Syn:
fix, prepare, set up, gear up, set
• Derivationally related forms:
set (for: set), readying, preparative (for: prepare), preparatory (for: prepare), preparation (for: prepare)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Hyponyms:
socialize, socialise, provide, cram, precondition,
fix, mount, set up, lay out, set, winterize,
winterise, summerize, summerise, prime, cultivate, crop,
work, brace, poise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE
- Somebody ----s (for: gear up)
- Somebody ----s (for: prepare)
1. completely prepared or in condition for immediate action or use or progress (Freq. 58)
- 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
• Ant:
unready
• Similar to:
at the ready, fit, primed, set, in order,
prompt, ripe, waiting, ready and waiting
• See Also:
prepared, willing
• Derivationally related forms:
readiness
• Attrubites:
readiness, preparedness, preparation
2. (of especially money) immediately available (Freq. 4)
- he seems to have ample ready money
- a ready source of cash
• Similar to:
available
3. mentally disposed (Freq. 2)
- he was ready to believe her
• Similar to:
willing
4. made suitable and available for immediate use (Freq. 1)
- dinner is ready
• Similar to:
prepared
5. apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity
- a quick mind
- a ready wit
• Syn:
quick
• Similar to:
intelligent
• Derivationally related forms:
readiness, quickness (for: quick)
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