Ready
Prepared for what one is about to do or experience; equipped or supplied with what is needed for some act or event; prepared for immediate movement or action; as, the troops are ready to march; ready for the journey.
Fitted or arranged for immediate use; causing no delay for lack of being prepared or furnished.
Prepared in mind or disposition; not reluctant; willing; free; inclined; disposed.
Not slow or hesitating; quick in action or perception of any kind; dexterous; prompt; easy; expert; as, a ready apprehension; ready wit; a ready writer or workman.
Offering itself at once; at hand; opportune; convenient; near; easy.
On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
A word of command, or a position, in the manual of arms, at which the piece is cocked and held in position to execute promptly the next command, which is, aim.
In a state of preparation for immediate action; so as to need no delay.
Ready money; cash; -- commonly with the; as, he was well supplied with the ready.
To dispose in order.
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Ready Quotations
I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.
Winston Churchill
Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.
Winston Churchill
When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say and two-thirds about him and what he is going to say.
Abraham Lincoln
In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.
Oscar Wilde
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
George Orwell
Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.
Dalai Lama
There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
Benjamin Franklin
He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged.
Benjamin Franklin
Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
Mae West
We are always getting ready to live but never living.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ready Translations
ready in Afrikaans is bereid, gereed
ready in Dutch is klaar, gereed, af, afgelopen
ready in Finnish is valmis
ready in German is fertig, fertig/bereit
ready in Italian is essere disposto, largo, pronto, disposto
ready in Latin is praeparo, paratus
ready in Portuguese is pronto
ready in Spanish is preparado, listo, terminado
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