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单词 readying
释义

ready

1 of 2

adjective

ˈre-dē How to pronounce ready (audio)
readier; readiest
1
a
: prepared mentally or physically for some experience or action
b
: prepared for immediate use
dinner is ready
2
a
: willingly disposed : inclined
ready to agree to his proposal
b
: likely to do something indicated
a house that looks ready to collapse
3
: displayed readily and spontaneously
a ready wit
4
: immediately available
had ready cash

ready

2 of 2

verb

readied; readying

transitive verb

: to make ready
Phrases
at the ready
: ready for immediate use
kept guns at the ready

Synonyms

Adjective

  • fit
  • go
  • prepared
  • set

Verb

  • equip
  • fit
  • prepare
  • qualify
  • season
  • train
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Example Sentences

Adjective I'll be ready in 10 minutes. “Can we leave now?” “I'm ready when you are.” Your prescription will be ready in about 20 minutes. The car won't be ready until tomorrow. We got everything ready for the party before the guests arrived. Verb They readied the room for guests. She readied herself to speak. We have to ready ourselves for a tough fight ahead. See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Adjective
So on days when her stress is at max point, Hayden keeps a dish that’s low on effort and high on reward at the ready: spaghetti pomodoro. Christa Sgobba, SELF, 9 Sep. 2022 Lying on a big bed at a five-star hotel clad in a stupendous Versace Mille Feuille dress, getting ready to trade one suitor—a narcissistic artist—for the formerly infuriatingly unattainable Mr. Big, cut down to size at last. Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 8 Sep. 2022 Placed at the ready on an end table near a sofa, the wireless doorbell-style device might be used by the Queen to contact her team throughout the vast castle. Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022 Dua posted a second IG post while getting ready for an event to celebrate the newest YSL Beauty perfume, Libre. Seventeen, 7 Sep. 2022 This year, Lawrence is getting ready to film Sue (working title), a biopic about the Hollywood agent Sue Mengers, directed by Paolo Sorrentino, and comedy No Hard Feelings, directed by Gene Stupnitsky. Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 6 Sep. 2022 Getting ready for [the women’s spring 2023 collection] was top of my mind. WSJ, 5 Sep. 2022 Republicans are getting ready to counter-punch, with $28 million in ads ordered by a Super PAC aligned with U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell set to launch later this week. Andrew J. Tobias, cleveland, 4 Sep. 2022 Unwilling to go quietly, Williams staved off five match points to prolong the three-hours-plus proceedings, as some spectators stood to watch, camera phones at the ready. San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022
Verb
Taxpayers should ready themselves to subsidize more worthless degrees at higher prices. Preston Cooper, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022 But there's also excitement in the wings for the fresh start that comes with crisp autumn days—along with energy to ready your nest before cold weather sets in. Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 24 Aug. 2022 Jones' typical job was to ready the banquet rooms for whatever events were planned that day. cincinnati.com, 22 Aug. 2022 Bureaucracy and the pandemic had hampered efforts, initiated last fall, to ready the Palazzo Manfrin for its new incarnation: the home of the Anish Kapoor Foundation. Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2022 Planning has begun to ready the Twin Cities for a 2024 total solar eclipse in hopes of drawing visitors who want to experience the rare phenomenon in Arkansas and Texas at once. Arkansas Online, 9 Aug. 2022 But with Gunstock’s management office vacant and the commission that runs the place deadlocked, the clock is ticking to ready the mountain for winter. Adam Drapcho, BostonGlobe.com, 27 July 2022 Assuming he's cleared to drive for Sunday's 500, the focus on Herta's No. 26 squad now shifts to trying to ready his backup car. Scott Horner, USA TODAY, 27 May 2022 Assuming he's cleared to drive for Sunday's 500, the focus on Herta's No. 26 squad now shifts to trying to ready his backup car. Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Adjective

Middle English redy; akin to Old English gerǣde ready, Goth garaiths arranged

First Known Use

Adjective

13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

ready 1 of 2

adjective

ˈre-dē How to pronounce ready (audio)
readier; readiest
1
: prepared for use or action
Dinner is ready.
I'm ready to eat.
2
: likely to do something
I was ready to cry.
3
: willing sense 1
I'm ready to help.
4
: needing or wanting something as soon as possible
I'm ready for some sleep.
5
: showing ease and promptness
a ready smile
6
: available right away : handy
ready money

ready

2 of 2

verb

readied; readying
: to prepare for use or action

readying 1 of 3

adjective

as in preparing

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • preparing
  • introducing
  • preparatory
  • preliminary
  • beginning
  • prefacing
  • warning
  • introductory
  • precursory
  • ahead
  • basic
  • prelim
  • preparative
  • prelusive
  • prefatory
  • fundamental
  • elementary
  • primary
  • preceding
  • prior
  • premonitory
  • previous
  • early
  • former

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • subsequent
  • following
  • behind
  • after

readying

2 of 3

noun

as in preparation

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • preparation
  • teaching
  • cultivation
  • conditioning
  • coaching
  • nurturing
  • tutoring
  • training
  • schooling
  • instruction
  • education
  • tuition
  • development
  • improvement
  • tutelage
  • guidance
  • enlightenment
  • higher learning
  • edification
  • higher education
  • direction
  • pedagogy
  • nurturance
  • didactics
  • pedagogics

readying

3 of 3

verb

present participle of ready
1
as in equipping
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function this advanced course should ready him for college

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • preparing
  • equipping
  • qualifying
  • training
  • enabling
  • adjusting
  • adapting
  • teaching
  • fitting
  • shaping
  • grooming
  • tailoring
  • seasoning
  • authorizing
  • conditioning
  • accustoming
  • educating
  • entitling
  • habituating
  • empowering
  • instructing
  • schooling
  • tutoring
  • indoctrinating
2
as in prepping
to make ready in advance we can ready the desserts for the party a day in advance

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • preparing
  • prepping
  • arranging
  • equipping
  • furnishing
  • providing
  • fortifying
  • grooming
  • fixing
  • laying
  • fitting
  • bracing
  • girding
  • training
  • supplying
  • instructing
  • educating
  • mounting
  • gathering
  • steeling
  • outfitting
  • priming
  • arming
  • indoctrinating
  • schooling
  • tutoring
  • gearing up
  • battening
  • drafting
  • inclining
  • predisposing
  • spreading
  • setting
  • framing
  • forearming
  • booting (up)
  • drawing up
  • warming (up)
3
as in bracing
to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally the basketball players sat quietly in the locker room, readying themselves for the final game of the season

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • bracing
  • fortifying
  • poising
  • strengthening
  • steeling
  • nerving
  • arming
  • bolstering
  • enforcing
  • reinforcing
  • forearming
  • encouraging
  • supporting
  • toughening
  • sustaining
  • hardening
  • boosting
  • psyching (up)
  • buttressing
  • comforting
  • rousing
  • inuring
  • stirring
  • emboldening
  • rallying
  • inspiring
  • heartening
  • reenforcing
  • seasoning
  • buoying (up)
  • propping (up)
  • cheering (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • shaking
  • discouraging
  • daunting
  • softening
  • unnerving
  • undermining
  • disheartening
  • demoralizing
  • weakening
  • undercutting
  • sapping
  • tiring
  • enervating
  • psyching (out)
  • dispiriting
  • debilitating
  • prostrating
  • enfeebling
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