ready

== Translingual == === Etymology === Borrowed from English ready, from the English-language sequence on your marks, ready, set, go, of which only ready is used translingually. === Interjection === ready (sports) The command to make ready, regardless of language of competitors, used in multiple sports to get contestants to their marks in preparation to start. == English == === Etymology === From Middle English redy, redi, rædiȝ, iredi, ȝerǣdi, alteration ( +‎ -y) of earlier irēd, irede, ȝerād (“ready, prepared”), from Old English rǣde, ġerǣde (also ġerȳde) ("prepared, prompt, ready, ready for riding (horse), mounted (on a horse), skilled, simple, easy"), from Proto-Germanic *garaidijaz, *raidijaz, from base *raidaz (“ready”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂reh₁dʰ-, *h₂reh₁- (“to count, put in order, arrange, make comfortable”) and also probably conflated with Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”) in the sense of "set to ride, able or fit to go, ready". Cognate with Scots readie, reddy (“ready, prepared”), West Frisian ree (“ready”), Dutch gereed (“ready”), German bereit (“ready”), Danish rede (“ready”), Swedish redo (“ready, fit, prepared”), Norwegian reiug (“ready, prepared”), Icelandic greiður (“easy, light”), Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍂𐌰𐌹𐌸𐍃 (garaiþs, “arranged, ordered”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American, Canada) enPR: rĕd'i, IPA(key): /ˈɹɛd.i/ (Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈɹed.i/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈrɛɖi/ Homophones: reddy, Reddy (South Asia, only if without gemination) Hyphenation: read‧y Rhymes: -ɛdi === Adjective === ready (comparative readier, superlative readiest) Prepared for immediate action or use. (prepositive) first only used predicatively, freely used from the end of the 17th century [from c. 1550's] Inclined; apt to happen. Liable at any moment. Synonym: fit Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind. Synonyms: dexterous, prompt, easy, expert Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient. ==== Synonyms ==== good to go ==== Antonyms ==== unready ==== Hypernyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === ready (third-person singular simple present readies, present participle readying, simple past and past participle readied) (transitive) To prepare; to make ready for action. ==== Synonyms ==== yark ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === ready (countable and uncountable, plural readies) (slang) Ready money; cash. ==== Translations ==== === Related terms === already === Anagrams === Yarde, dayer, deary, deray, rayed, yeard