ready

adjective (readier, readiest)

• 1 [predic.] in a suitable state for an action or situation; fully prepared:are you ready, Carrie? I got 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:every time I rang up, she was ready with some excuse
• (ready for) in need of or having a desire for:I expect you’re ready for a drink

• 2 [with infinitive] willing or eager to do something:she is ready to die for her political convictions
• in such a condition as to be likely to do something:by the time he arrived he was ready to drop

• 3easily 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

adverb

• done in advance of being needed:ready-cooked meals

noun (plural readies)

• available money; cash.

verb (readies, readying, readied)

• prepare for an action or purpose:the spare transformer was readied for shipment [with object and infinitive]:she readied herself to speak first