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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
ready
ready [ready readies readied readying] adjective, verb, adverb, noun BrE [ˈredi] NAmE [ˈredi]
adjective (read·ier, readi·est)
PREPARED/AVAILABLE
1. not before noun fully prepared for what you are going to do
• Are you nearly ready?
• ‘Shall we go?’ ‘I'm ready when you are!’
•~ for sth I'm just getting the kids ready for school.
•I was twenty years old and ready for anything.
•I'm not sure if Karen is ready for marriage yet.
•~ to do sth Right, we're ready to go.
•Volunteers were ready and waiting to pack the food in boxes.
2. not before noun completed and available to be used
• Come on, dinner's ready!
• The new building should be ready by 2015.
•~ for sth Can you help me get everything ready for the party?
•~ to do sth The contract will be ready to sign in two weeks.
3. available to be used easily and immediately
•All the relevant records are easily available ready to hand.
•a ready supply of wood
•a ready source of income
see also ↑readily, ↑readiness, ↑rough-and-ready
WILLING
4. not before noun willing and quick to do or give sth
•~ for sth I was very angry and ready for a fight.
•~ with sth She's always ready with advice.
•~ to do sth He's always ready to help his friends.
•Don't be so ready to believe the worst about people.
LIKELY TO DO STH
5. ~ to do sth likely to do sth very soon
Syn: on the point of
•She looked ready to collapse at any minute.
NEEDING STH
6. ~ for sth needing sth as soon as possible
•Right, I'm ready for bed.
•After the long walk, we were all ready for a drink.
QUICK/CLEVER
7. only before noun quick and clever
•She has great charm and a ready wit.
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old English rǣde (from a Germanic base meaning ‘arrange, prepare’; related to Dutch gereed) + ↑-y.
Thesaurus:
ready adj. not before noun
•I'm just getting the kids ready for school.
prepared • • set • • waiting •
ready/prepared/set/waiting for sb/sth
ready/prepared/set/waiting to do sth
Example Bank:
•Connors was more than ready to oblige.
•He didn't feel quite ready for marriage.
•He held his gun ready.
•He's always ready with a quick answer.
•I feel ready for anything!
•I think we're just about ready to start.
•I was all ready to leave when the phone rang.
•I'll get all the boxes ready.
•I'm trying to get the children ready to leave.
•I've left everything ready in the kitchen.
•Our troops keep training all the time to remain ready.
•Please have your tickets ready for inspection.
•She was concerned to protect the children from the truth until she judged them ready to hear it.
•She was only too ready to believe the worst of him.
•The cases are ready for delivery.
•The plane was refuelled and declared ready for service again.
•The suitcases were standing ready by the front door.
•The warships were soon made ready.
•Though Paul had wanted a child, he wasn't emotionally ready for it.
•We were getting ready to go out.
•We're definitely ready for the show tonight.
•always ready and willing to help
•‘Shall we go?’ ‘I'm ready when you are.’
•Come on, dinner's ready!
•I was 20 years old and ready for anything.
•Right, we're ready to go.
•The new building should be ready for 2012.
•Volunteers were ready and waiting to pack the food into boxes.
Idioms: ↑at the ready ▪ ↑make ready ▪ ↑ready to roll ▪ ↑ready, steady, go!
verb (read·ies, ready·ing, read·ied, read·ied)~ sb/yourself/sth (for sth) | ~ sb/yourself/sth (to do sth) (formal)
to prepare sb/yourself/sth for sth
•Western companies were readying themselves for the challenge from Eastern markets.
Verb forms: 
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old English rǣde (from a Germanic base meaning ‘arrange, prepare’; related to Dutch gereed) + ↑-y.
adverb (used before a past participle, especially in compounds)
already done
•ready-cooked meals
•The concrete was ready mixed.
•ready-pasted wallpaper
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old English rǣde (from a Germanic base meaning ‘arrange, prepare’; related to Dutch gereed) + ↑-y.
noun the readysingular (also read·ies plural) (BrE, informal)
money that you can use immediately
Word Origin:
Middle English: from Old English rǣde (from a Germanic base meaning ‘arrange, prepare’; related to Dutch gereed) + ↑-y.
See also: ↑ready, set, go
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