read·y 
(rĕdē)
(rĕdē)adj. read·i·er, read·i·est
1. Prepared or available for service, action, or progress: I am ready to work. The soup will be ready in a minute. The pupils are ready to learn to read.
2. Mentally disposed; willing: He was ready to believe her.
3. Likely or about to do something: She is ready to retire.
4. Prompt in apprehending or reacting: a ready intelligence; a ready response.
5. Available: ready money.
tr.v. read·ied, read·y·ing, read·ies
Idioms: To cause to be ready.
at the ready
Available for immediate use: soldiers with machine guns at the ready; students with notebooks at the ready.
make ready
To make preparations.
[Middle English redy : Old English rǣde; see reidh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots + Middle English -y, -y; see -Y1.]
readi·ness n.
- gene amplification
- gene conversion
- gene flow
- gene frequency
- gene map
- gene pool
- genera
- generable
- general
- general admission
- General American English
- general anesthesia
- general anesthetic
- general assembly
- general aviation
- General Court
- general court-martial
- generalcy
- general delivery
- general election
- generalissimo
- generalist
- generality
- generalizable
- generalization