adjective
The charge is ready for detonation. I'm ready for a good run in the park. Are these apples ready for eating? Are you ready to meet the girl of your dreams?
Tim was always a ready accomplice to any mischief devised by his brother
She was all too ready to believe anything she was told
The volcano seemed ready to erupt at any moment
Alistair seems to have a ready answer for everything
It was Carlotta's ready wit that first attracted me
I don't have the ready cash for a new car at the moment
noun
If you have the readies, please pay me what you owe me
Keep your pistol at the ready in case there's trouble. b See 8, above
verb
He readied himself as best he could for the ordeal
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