ready

adjective (readier, readiest)

• 1 [predic.] in a suitable state for an activity, action, or situation; fully prepared:are you ready, Carrie? I began to get ready for bed [with infinitive]:she was about ready to leave
• (of a thing) made suitable and available for immediate use:dinner’s ready! could you have the list ready by this afternoon?
• (ready with) keen or quick to give:I’m always ready with a wisecrack
• (ready for) in need of or having a desire for:I expect you’re ready for a drink she always looks ready for a fight
• [with infinitive] eager, inclined, or willing to do something:she is ready to die for her political convictions
• [with infinitive] in such a condition as to be likely to do something:by the time he arrived he was ready to drop

• 2easily available or obtained; within reach:there was a ready supply of drink the murderer knew that the mallet would be ready to hand
• [attributive] immediate, quick, or prompt:those who have ready access to the arts a girl with a ready smile

noun (plural readies)

• available money; cash.

verb (readies, readying, readied)

• prepare (someone or something) for an activity or purpose:the spare transformer was readied for shipment [with object and infinitive]:she had readied herself to speak first