ready

Translingual

Etymology

From English ready, from the English-language sequence on your marks, ready, set, go, of which only ready is used translingually.

Interjection

ready

(sports) The command to make ready, regardless of language of competitors, used in multiple sports to get contestants to their marks in preparation to start.

English

Etymology

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”), Danish rede (“ready”), Swedish redo (“ready, fit, prepared”), Norwegian reiug (“ready, prepared”), Icelandic greiður (“easy, light”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “arranged, ordered”).

Pronunciation

enPR: rĕd'i, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛd.i/
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Homophone: reddy
Hyphenation: read‧y
Rhymes: -ɛdi

Adjective

ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest)

Prepared for immediate action or use.
The troops are ready for battle.

The porridge is ready to serve.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […].”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, page 87:
  If need be, I am ready to forego / And quit:
- 1711, Jonathan Swift, journal to Stella:
  she was told dinner was ready
- 2010, BioWare, Mass Effect 2 (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →OCLC, PC, scene: Normandy SR-2:
  Miranda: I'll admit it, Shepard. I'm impressed. You got us here. Are you ready?
  Shepard: We're going in blind, and we don't even know if we'll survive the trip. No way in hell we're ready... but we don't have a choice.
Inclined; apt to happen.
Liable at any moment.
The seed is ready to sprout.
- c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]:
  My heart is ready to crack.
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind.
Synonyms: dexterous, prompt, easy, expert

a ready apprehension

ready wit

a ready writer or workman
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
  whose temper was ready, though surly
- 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIII, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  ready in devising expedients
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], “The First Gun”, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC, page 16:
  Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
- 1895, Rudyard Kipling, “The King’s Ankus”, in The Second Jungle Book, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC, page 188:
  "Apple of Death" is what the Jungle call thorn-apple or dhatura, the readiest poison in all India.
- 2013 August 10, Lexington, “Keeping the mighty honest”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8848:
  The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account.
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book X”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, line 1097:
  Through the wilde Deſert, not the readieſt way,
- 1700, John Dryden, Theodore and Honoria:
  A sapling pine he wrenched from out the ground, / The readiest weapon that his fury found.

Synonyms

good to go

Antonyms

unready

Hypernyms

Derived terms

Translations

prepared for immediate action or use

Arabic: جَاهِز (jāhiz), مُسْتَعِدّ (mustaʕidd)
Egyptian Arabic: جاهز (gāhiz)
Armenian: պատրաստ (hy) (patrast)
Assamese: সাজু (xazu)
Avar: хӏадураб (ḥʳadurab)
Azerbaijani: hazır (az)
Bashkir: әҙер (əźer)
Basque: prest, gertu
Belarusian: гато́вы (hatóvy)
Bengali: প্রস্তুত (bn) (prostut)
Bulgarian: готов (bg) (gotov)
Burmese: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: llest (ca)
Chechen: кийча (kiı̇ča)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 準備好的 / 准备好的 (zhǔnbèi hǎo de)
Czech: připravený (cs) m, hotový (cs)
Dutch: gereed (nl), klaar (nl)
Esperanto: preta (eo)
Estonian: valmis (et)
Finnish: valmis (fi)
French: prêt (fr) m, prête (fr) f
Georgian: მზად (mzad)
German: bereit (de), fertig (de), gar (de) (of food), parat (de)
Gothic: 𐌼𐌰𐌽𐍅𐌿𐍃 (manwus)
Greek: έτοιμος (el) (étoimos)
Ancient: ἑτοῖμος (hetoîmos)
Gujarati: તૈયાર (taiyār), સજ્જ (sajj)
Hawaiian: mākaukau
Hebrew: מוּכָן (mukhan)
Hindi: तैयार (hi) (taiyār), मुस्तैद (hi) (mustaid), सिद्ध (hi) (siddh), आमादा (hi) (āmādā), तत्पर (hi) (tatpar), सज्ज (hi) (sajj), तैनात (hi) (taināt), इच्छुक (hi) (icchuk), उद्यत (hi) (udyat)
Hungarian: kész (hu), készen (hu)
Icelandic: tilbúinn (is) m
Ido: pronta (io)
Ingrian: valmis
Ingush: кийча (kiı̇ča)
Irish: réidh, ullamh
Italian: pronto (it), preparato (it)
Japanese: 用意の出来た (よういのできた, yōi no dekita), 出来上がり (ja) (できあがり, dekiagari), 準備の出来た (じゅんびのできた, junbi no dekita)
Kabardian: хьэзыр (kbd) (ḥɛzər)
Kazakh: даяр (daär), дайын (daiyn)
Khmer: ត្រៀមខ្លួនជាស្រេច (triəm khluən ciə srəc)
Korean: 준비 된 (junbidoen)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئامادە (ckb) (amade)

Northern Kurdish: amade (ku), hazir (ku), teyar (ku)
Ladino: listo, aparejado, dispuesto, preparado
Lao: ພ້ອມ (phǭm)
Latgalian: gotovs m, sasarūss m
Latin: aptus (la), parātus (la), promptus
Latvian: gatavs
Lithuanian: paruoštas, pasiruošęs
Luxembourgish: prett
Macedonian: спремен (spremen), готов (gotov)
Malay: sedia
Maori: reri, takatū
Marathi: तयार (tayār)
Mongolian: бэлэн (mn) (belen)
Nepali: तयार (ne) (tayār)
Ngazidja Comorian: tiyari
Northern Sami: gárvvis
Norwegian: klar (no), parat (no)
Occitan: lèst (oc)
Old English: gearu
Ossetian: цӕттӕ (cættæ)
Persian: آماده (fa) (âmâde), تیار (fa) (tayyâr), رو به راه (fa) (ru be râh)
Plautdietsch: reed
Polish: gotowy (pl)
Portuguese: pronto (pt) m, preparado (pt) m
Punjabi: ਤਿਆਰ (pa) (tiāra)
Romanian: gata (ro)
Russian: гото́вый (ru) (gotóvyj)
Scots: boun
Scottish Gaelic: deiseil, ullamh
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спреман, готов

Roman: spreman (sh), gotov (sh)
Slovak: hotový
Slovene: pripravljen, gotov, nared (sl)
Somali: diyaar
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gótowy
Spanish: preparado (es), listo (es), listoco (es) (colloquial, Chile), alistado (es), aprestado (es)
Swedish: beredd (sv), redo (sv)
Tajik: тайор (tayor)
Tamil: please add this translation if you can
Telugu: సిద్ధం (siddhaṁ), తయారు (te) (tayāru)
Thai: พร้อม (th) (prɔ́ɔm)
Tocharian B: ārwer
Turkish: hazır (tr), anık (tr)
Ukrainian: гото́вий (uk) (hotóvyj)
Urdu: تیار (taiyār)
Vietnamese: sẵn sàng (vi)
Welsh: parod (cy)
Yagnobi: тайор (tayor)
Yakut: бэлэм (belem)
Yiddish: פֿאַרטיק (fartik)

inclined, apt to happen

Abkhaz: ахиа (axja)
Arabic: حَاضِر (ḥāḍir), مُسْتَعِدّ (mustaʕidd)
Armenian: պատրաստ (hy) (patrast)
Avar: хӏадурго (ḥʳadurgo)
Azerbaijani: hazır (az)
Bulgarian: приготвен (bg) (prigotven)
Catalan: disposat (ca)
Chechen: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: expressed with 5th infinitive of a verb
Georgian: მზად (mzad)
Hindi: मुस्तैद (hi) (mustaid)
Hungarian: kész (hu)
Icelandic: tilbúinn (is) m
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: حازر (ckb) (ḧazr)

Northern Kurdish: amade (ku), hazir (ku), meyldar (ku), misteed
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian: beredt, rede (no)
Ossetian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: pronto (pt)
Spanish: inclinado (es), predispuesto (es)
Swedish: redo (sv)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: meyyal (tr), razı (tr)
Tuvan: please add this translation if you can

liable at any moment

Finnish: valmis (fi), expressed with 5th infinitive of a verb
Khiamniungan Naga: ûm

not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception

Bulgarian: готов (bg) (gotov)
Finnish: nopea (fi), valpas (fi); nopeaälyinen (fi); sanavalmis (fi), nokkela (fi), sukkela (fi)
Galician: espelido m
Hindi: तत्पर (hi) (tatpar)
Italian: pronto (it)

at hand; opportune; convenient

Bulgarian: наличен (bg) (naličen)
Finnish: käytettävissä oleva, kätevä (fi), näppärä (fi), ulottuvilla oleva
German: bereit (de)
Hindi: उपलब्ध (hi) (uplabdh)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: berdest (ku), hazir (ku), amade (ku)

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Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} gati (sq)
Czech: ^{(please verify)} hotový (cs)
Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} preta (eo)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} preparatus
Malay: ^{(please verify)} sedia
Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} klar (no)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} gata (ro)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: ^{(please verify)} spreman (sh), ^{(please verify)} gotov (sh)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} సిద్ధం (siddhaṁ), తయారు (te) (tayāru)
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} hazır (tr)

Verb

ready (third-person singular simple present readies, present participle readying, simple past and past participle readied)

(transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action.

Synonyms

yark

Translations

to make prepared for action

Arabic: جَهَّزَ (jahhaza)
Egyptian Arabic: جهز (gahhiz), حضر (ḥaḍḍar)
Bulgarian: подготвям (bg) (podgotvjam), подготвям (bg) (podgotvjam)
Finnish: valmistaa (fi), valmistella (fi), varustaa (fi)
French: rendre disponible
German: bereit machen, fertig machen, klar machen, vorbereiten (de)
Hindi: उद्यत (hi) (udyat)
Hungarian: készül (hu)
Ido: prontigar (io)
Italian: preparare (it)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئامادەکردن (amadekirdin)
Malayalam: തയ്യാറെടുക്കുക (tayyāṟeṭukkuka), സജ്ജമാകുക (sajjamākuka)
Maori: takataka
Persian: آماده کردن (fa) (âmâde kardan)
Portuguese: preparar (pt), aprontar (pt)
Spanish: preparar (es), alistar (es)
Turkish: hazırlamak (tr), anıklamak (tr)

Noun

ready (countable and uncountable, plural readies)

(slang) Ready money; cash.
- 1712, Humphry Polesworth [pseudonym; John Arbuthnot], “A Copy of Bull and Frog’s Letter to Lord Strutt”, in Law is a Bottomless-Pit. […], London: […] John Morphew, […], →OCLC, page 8:
  [H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready, either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]
- 2008, Agnes Owens, The Group:
  […] he was generous when he had the cash. Many a time he kept me going in drink through the week when I was stuck for the ready […]

Related terms

already

Translations

cash — see cash

Anagrams

Yarde, dayer, deary, deray, rayed, yeard